http://home.triad.rr.com/charon/81318494725.jpg
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That is one of the native varieties of Hibiscus (well, native to the South East United States). Otherwise known as Hibiscus coccinea (most likely)
This wouldn’t be the same plant you mentioned in this thread would it Lizzy?
In which case… FIGJAM.
Yep I guess you were right 
Do these plants root good from cuttings, and are they poisonous?
Hibiscus are pretty easy to rot:
http://www.google.com/search?q=hibiscus+rooting&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
Or root even!
Yep, four drinks and they’re anyone’s.
yep, Hibiscus coccineus, Scarlet Mallow. You may not need to root it, they seed in pretty well the next spring.
Because of the leaves being similar to cannabis, the horticultural joke name is “Mallowanna”.
This thread reminded me of a recent local news story:
Christ, what retards!
Although I remember in high school on a class trip we went to UC Berkeley. In one of the planters there, they have some Japanese maples. ALL of the kids thought those were “marijuana trees”. I had to tell them no, they’re Japanese Maples.