Hibiscus mutabilis

The birth flower for October 17 is the Fuyo (scientific name: Hibiscus mutabilis).

A Conversation Between Fuyō and Aqua: “Look at the Flower, Not the Name”

💧“Hello, Fuyō.”
🌺“Hello, Water Drop.”
💧“……That’s a relief.”
🌺“What is?”
💧“You really were Fuyō.”
🌺 “Who did you think I was?”
💧 “No, well….”
🌺 “Well?”
💧 “I heard there’s a flower that looks like you.”
🌺 “Oh.”
💧 “The Mukuge.”
🌺 “Do we look alike?”
💧 “Yeah.”
🌺 “Well, I guess they do look alike, then.”
💧 “Doesn’t that bother you?”
🌺 “What?”
💧 “Being mistaken for someone else.”
🌺 “Have you been mistaken for someone else?”
💧 “Not yet.”
🌺 “Well, then, it’s fine.”
💧“……I guess so.”
🌺“Anyway, Mizutaki-san.”
💧“Yes?”
🌺“You’ve been so focused on names the whole time—you haven’t even looked at the flower.”
💧“Oh.”
🌺“After saying ‘hello,’ will you take a look at it?”

Aqua finally looked up at the hibiscus flower.

💧“……It’s big.”
🌺“That’s a good start.”
💧“Yes.”
🌺“You’re being quite obedient today.”
💧“I’ve been trained quite a bit.”
🌺“By whom?”
💧“By the flowers, and sometimes by a shell.”
🌺“A shell?”
💧“It’s a long story.”

Fuyo, ,Hibiscus mutabilis or Cotton rosemallow (scientific name: Hibiscus mutabilis) is native to Japan and China, and it is a cold-resistant deciduous shrub of the family Malvaceae.
It is a companion of hibiscus, cultivated for ornamental reasons. From summer to autumn, a big day of pink or white flowers will bloom. Hibiscus syriacus (Mukuge, Gyeonggi, Scientific name: Hibiscus syriacus). It is very similar to . The differences are briefly described as follows.
〇 Hibiscus mutabilis( uyo)
The leaf shape is a palm shape (pentagon to polygon), a shallow slit in the leaf edge, a leaf root (closer to the petiole, base) is recessed, floral pattern is long, flowering period is August to October.
O Hibiscus syriacus(mukuge)
Leaf shape has an elliptical shape and an oval shape, and a rough sawtooth exists at the leaf edge. There is a round taste at the base of the leaves, the flower pattern is short, the flowering period is from June to October.

Common name: Hibiscus mutabilis or Cotton rosemallow or Fuyo,
Scientific name: Hibiscus mutabilis,
aka: Mokufuyo, Cotton rosemallow ,
Origin: Japan , China,
height of plant height: 100 to 200 cm,
leaf shape: palm shape, leaf diameter: 10 to 20 cm, leaf order: alternate, leaf margin: shallow cut,
flower size: 10 to 15 cm, flowering period: 8 to 10 Moon, flower color: peach · white.