Hibiscus lobatus, the lobed leaf mallow, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.[1] It is native to parts of the seasonally dry Old World Tropics, from Senegal in Africa to Hainan in China, and it has been introduced to Trinidad and Tobago.[2] An annual with white (or yellow) flowers, it lacks the pseudo-sepals which are found in all Hibiscus.[1]