rose of Sharon

noun

• 1a shrub of the mallow family, with rose, lavender, or white flowers.

  • Hibiscus syriacus, family Malvaceae

• 2a St. John’s wort with dense foliage and large golden-yellow flowers, native to southeastern Europe and Asia Minor and widely cultivated for ground cover. Also called Aaron's beard.

  • Hypericum calycinum, family Guttiferae

• 3(in biblical use) a flowering plant of unknown identity.