Swamp Hibiscus
Prickly stems on shrubby plant of wet places. Flowers pale yellow with maroon center. Leaves variously lobed.
Savanna Hibiscus
Leafy, singular stem sometimes reaching 1½ meters. Bright orange stamens against white petals.
Toothbrush Bush
Mallow with yellow flowers and tough, trample-tolerant branches. Leaves with notched tip.
Toothbrush Bush #2
Sida cuneifolia is either a highly variable species or a group of sibling species.
Abutilon Mallow
Five yellow-orange petals and a stamen tube. Fruit appears like a toothed gear on top. Heart-shaped leaves.
Tomentose Mallow
Tomentose refers to the dense coating of soft pubescence covering the leaves and flower buds.
Three-lobe False-Mallow
Largely herbaceous plant with yellow or yellow-orange flowers. Five petals and numerous stamens with filaments fused into a column.
Sleepy Morning
Small yellow flowers in a tightly packed, partly coiled inflorescence. Mostly herbaceous about 1 to 2 meters tall. Introduced.
Rosy Hibiscus
Slender, largely herbaceous form of highland grassland and open savanna.
Turk's Cap Mallow
A profusion of large red flowers on a dark green shrub has made this neotropical native popular in gardens everywhere. (Cultivated)
Urena
Weakly shrubby plant of disturbed soils. Large broad leaves with several triangular lobes. Mauve colored flowers.
Hollyhock
Many cultivated plants have escaped and are becoming naturalized. Large pink flowers and palmate leaves. (Cultivated)
Pavonia (?)
This shrubby plant was abundant on sunny trails in Mt. Kenya Forest reserve. No flowerss or fruit present.
Cheese-weed
The plicate (folded like a fan), palmately lobed leaves make this weed easy to recognize. Very small pale pink or white blooms.
Mupfununu
Large, heart-shaped leaves help id this shrub or small tree. White or pink tinged five-petaled flowers in groups with numerous fused stamens. (Tiliaceae)
Crossberry
Five pink petals above five sepals of another shade. Four lobed fruit is unique. Small tree/shrub. One of several Grewia species in Kenya. (Tiliaceae)
Grewia
Small tree with leaves thicker and tougher than the previous species. (Tiliaceae)
Yellow Grewia
Small tree with leaf margins serrated. Flowers yellow. (Tiliaceae)
Burweed
Mostly herbaceous plant with small, 5-petalled, yellow flowers and fruit a small sphere with hooked projections. (Tiliaceae)
Burweed #3
Although small, the bright yellow flowers on this weedy plant are showy. (Tiliaceae)
Burweed #2
Weakly shrubby plant with quite small, 5-petalled, Burgundy-colored flowers and fruit a small sphere with hooked projections. (Tiliaceae)