Semi-deciduous shrub or small tree to 3-4 m or more. Epicalyx of 8-12 narrow bracts to about 4 mm wide. Flowers opening white, becoming pink and eventually deep rose when wilting; late summer to autumn. Leaves mostly 10-15 cm long with 5-7 triangular lobes; margins closely saw-toothed; long stalked. Petals 5-8 cm long.
The specific epithet refers to the change of flower from white to near red in a single day.
Frost tender.
S China
Source: (1997). Hibiscus. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Hibiscus mutabilis 'Flore Pleno'
Flowers double, often patched red or pink, peony-like, the petals contorted and veined. ['Plenus']
