Tropical Hibiscus Flower

Hibiscus is a genus of plants in the mallow family that includes several hundred species and is native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions around the world. Hibiscus flowers are known for their large, showy flowers and are commonly called "hibiscus", "rose marshmallow", "hard-leaved hibiscus", "marshmallow" or "tropical hibiscus". They are edible and can be made into striking jellies or brewed as tea.

In everyday language, a flower refers either to a flowering plant that "produces" larger, eye-catching blossoms, or to a "single blossom of a flower with a stem", or is used as a short form for flowering vine. It is often used as an ornament, e.g. as a cut flower in a bouquet, a floral wreath or a floral arrangement. In the visual arts, flowers as a floral motif are a frequently depicted theme. In botany, on the other hand, the term flower is clearly defined and is separated in particular from the term blossom. While a flower (as a single flower or inflorescence) is defined by its function in pollination, a blossom (as a stunted shoot with metamorphosed leaves) is a term clearly defined by morphology.

A flower is the pollination-biological unit of flowering plants. It is its task to attract pollinators or it forms a technical-functional unit. Flower is therefore an ecologically-functionally defined term. Thus, flowers pollinated by animals are classified according to their pollinators, such as the bird flowers or the beetle flowers. A flower is defined as a shoot of limited growth in the service of sexual reproduction. Its structure is clearly divided into perianth, stamens and carpels. Tulip or rose flowers are good examples of this. They do not have to be conspicuously built or coloured; grasses also have flowers.