"I don't have Hot Flashes.... I have short, private vacations in the tropics" - Project 366 2008 - November 20, 2008 ~ Happy Scarlet Sunday!
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This is like a Hibiscus, but has brown leaves and small flowers that close after one day of blooming, and from my neighbor's yard. I started a clipping off of it, so hopefully I will have it in the future ~
Hibiscus acetosella -- Thank you, Barbol, for letting me know the correct name of it!!!!
Wikipedia~
False Roselle
False Roselle (Hibiscus acetosella) has red leaves reminiscent of a Japanese maple. The flowers, which are open only a day, are used in salads. Young leaves can be added to salads or chopped and used in stir fries. Note the leaves are NOT sweet. A close relative, Hibiscus sabdariffa, the true Roselle, is also called the Cranberry Hibiscus. Its fat calyces are used from Florida to South America to make a tart cranberry-like flavored drink.
To read more about this flower, please check out this site from About.com:
gardening.about.com/od/treesshrubs/p/Hibiscus_Foliag.htm
Please view on the ORIGINAL size ~