Confederate rose

See cotton rose.

[From its being widely naturalized in the American South.]

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Confederate rose - Chinese shrub or small tree having white or pink flowers becoming deep red at night; widely cultivated; naturalized in southeastern United States

Confederate rose mallow, cotton rose, Hibiscus mutabilis

hibiscus - any plant of the genus Hibiscus

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He took a ceremonious leave of the Crow chieftain, and his vagabond warriors, and according to previous arrangements, consigned to their cherishing friendship and fraternal adoption, their worthy confederate Rose; who, having figured among the water pirates of the Mississippi, was well fitted to rise to distinction among the land pirates of the Rocky Mountains.

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The Darling Dahlias and the Confederate Rose returns with another story of a gardening club in Darling, Alabama that is also involved in sleuthing on the side.