I was surprised by the size of the pale pink flower first, then that this is a hibiscus moscheutos or rose mallow. I had thought that hibiscus was red, 7-8cm in diameter, but this one is pink and it's at least two times larger than I thought, about 20cm.
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| Hibiscus moscheutos アメリカ芙蓉（フヨウ） |
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| Creme white stamens and style おしべと花柱がきれい |
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| Hibiscus moscheutos' buds アメリカ芙蓉のつぼみ |
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| Another name is "rose mallow" 別名「rose mallow」 |
A few days later when I saw the flower below, however, a question came up: What is it? It looks like hibiscus moscheutos, the same one as the above, but it's a tree flower measuring only 5-8 cm in diameter. The size and shape of its leaves are also different.... I googled and learned that it's hibiscus syriacus or Korean rose...
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| Hibiscus syriacus or Korean rose 木槿（ムクゲ） |
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| Many stamens 雄しべがいっぱい |
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| Popular among ants! アリがいっぱい |
To make matters more complicated, in Japan, only tropical hibiscus is "hibiscus" and these two hibiscuses are called other names ("American fuyou" and "mukuge").....
But no matter what they are called, these pretty pale pink hibiscuses, small and large, both made me happy and surely ants, too!
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アメリカ芙蓉（フヨウ）と木槿（ムクゲ）です。雄しべの位置と葉の形で見分けるそうですが、英語では両方ともハイビスカスです。
ハイビスカスと言えば赤のイメージだったので驚きました。日本のハイビスカスと、英語の「hibiscus」では、後者の方が範囲が広いようです。
芙蓉も木槿も蜜があるようで、木槿の花はアリでいっぱい。私も薄いピンクに癒されました。
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