North Queensland Plants - Malvaceae
Abelmoschus Plant list Home

Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.

Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis (Span.) Borss. Waalk.
Native Rosella
A beautiful plant which flowers just after the wet season. Common in North Queensland.

	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis

	Description:Flower	Description:Flower
	Location:Chillagoe, North Queensland	Location:Tinaroo Creek Road, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:17°10.703S 144°30.200E	GPS coordinates:17°06.861S 145°32.266E
	Date of photo:31 October 2010	Date of photo:1 March 2015
	Field No.:U1	Field No.:3024

	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis

	Description:Flowers	Description:Flower - a tasty snack for a bug
	Location:Chillagoe, North Queensland	Location:Mt Fox, West of Ingham, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:17°10.703S 144°30.200E	GPS coordinates:18°50.2650S 145°45.5840E
	Date of photo:31 October 2010	Date of photo:22 March 2008
	Field No.:U1	Field No.:U2

	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis

	Description:Bud and old flower	Description:Plant
	Location:Tinaroo Creek Road, North Queensland	Location:Tinaroo Creek Road, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:17°06.861S 145°32.266E	GPS coordinates:17°06.861S 145°32.266E
	Date of photo:1 March 2015	Date of photo:1 March 2015
	Field No.:3024	Field No.:3024

	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis

	Description:Flower	Description:Flower - underside
	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:16˚46.1736S, 145°25.9242E	GPS coordinates:16˚46.1736S, 145°25.9242E
	Date of photo:20 January 2019	Date of photo:20 January 2019
	Field No.:7639	Field No.:7639

	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis

	Description:Leaf	Description:Leaf - underside
	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:16˚46.1736S, 145°25.9242E	GPS coordinates:16˚46.1736S, 145°25.9242E
	Date of photo:20 January 2019	Date of photo:20 January 2019
	Field No.:7639	Field No.:7639

	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis	Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosis

	Description:Bud	Description:Plant in habitat
	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland	Location:Quaid Road, Kuranda, North Queensland
	GPS coordinates:16˚46.1736S, 145°25.9242E	GPS coordinates:16˚46.1736S, 145°25.9242E
	Date of photo:20 January 2019	Date of photo:20 January 2019
	Field No.:7639	Field No.:7639

References (accessed 3 April 2019):

http://anpsa.org.au/a-mos.html

http://www.florabank.org.au/lucid/key/species%20navigator/media/html/Abelmoschus_moschatus_subsp._tuberosus.htm

http://keys.trin.org.au/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Abelmoschus_moschatus_subsp._tuberosus.htm

Williams, K.A.W., (1980) Native Plants of Queensland. 1:2

Image use policy
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Australia License.
Page created 3 April 2015
Page edited 4 April 2019
© Roger Fryer and Jill Newland 2015 - 2019