# Another "what flower is this?"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 3, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863 "2017-10-03T12:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863/1 "2017-10-03T12:04:20Z")

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I was in a field in Northern Missouri last week and took a few pictures.

Here are some of them [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://imgur.com/a/eCsd3) (note: scary bugs).

Does anyone have an idea of what the flower is? I have two pictures of it in the link, one from the side with the sun behind it and one from above.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863/2 "2017-10-03T12:09:53Z")

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A type of poppy?

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863/3 "2017-10-03T12:20:08Z")

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Something in the mallow family, almost certainly

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863/4 "2017-10-03T13:59:25Z")

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Venice mallow

> **[Hibiscus trionum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_trionum)**
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> Hibiscus trionum, commonly called flower-of-an-hour, bladder hibiscus, bladder ketmia, bladder weed, puarangi and venice mallow, is an annual plant native to the Old World tropics and subtropics. It has spread throughout southern Europe both as a weed and cultivated as a garden plant. It has been introduced to the United States as an ornamental where it has become naturalized as a weed of cropland and vacant land, particularly on disturbed ground.
> The plant grows to a height of 20–50 centimetr...

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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863/5 "2017-10-03T14:21:12Z")

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Thats it exactly! thanks!!

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863/6 "2017-10-03T15:23:57Z")

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Nice spider and mantis.

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**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-what-flower-is-this/797863/7 "2017-10-05T01:41:49Z")

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Thanks. That’s a Chinese mantis. A good size one too