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Both female and male adult hibiscus mealybugs are about one-eighth inch (3 mm) long. Female bodies are pink in color with a white waxy covering. They are wingless and appear as ovoid shapes covered by a mass of white mealy wax. Males have a pair of wings and two long waxy tails and are capable of flight.
English: A pink Hibiscus, possibly Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, flower. This particular flower is on a shrub that's about a meter high. This particular flower is on a shrub that's about a meter high. The picture was taken in a suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
Hibiscus syriacus is a hardy deciduous shrub. It is upright and vase-shaped, reaching 2–4 m (7–13 feet) in height, bearing large trumpet-shaped flowers with prominent yellow-tipped white stamens. [12] The flowers are often pink in color, but can also be dark pink (almost purple), light pink or white.
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H. acapulcensis is a relatively small to medium-sized shrub, typically attaining a height of 1.5 to 3 m (4 ft 11 in to 9 ft 10 in).The plant is characterized by its large, showy, trumpet-shaped flowers, which range from deep pink to red or white, depending on the specific cultivar or environmental factors.
[21] [22] The flower can also be used as a pH indicator; when used, the flower turns acidic solutions to a dark pink or magenta color and turns basic solutions to green. In several countries the flowers are dried to use in a beverage, usually tea. Hibiscus × rosa-sinensis is considered to have a number of medical uses in Chinese herbology. [23]
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