Hibiscus aethiopicus var. aethiopicus flower

Hibiscus aethiopicus var. aethiopicus flowers grow solitary from leaf axils.

The flowers are bright yellow to cream or nearly white, yellow or very pale pink. They are almost always without a central dark patch characteristic of several Hibiscus species, also sometimes seen in H. aethiopicus var. ovatus. The flowers are up to 5 cm in diameter.

There is a staminal tube of 1 cm in the flower centre from which the stamens point outwards. Narrow, fringed bracts form a ring outside the calyx at the back of the flower (Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).