Are these hibiscus?

[aRym]

the flower looks like hibiscus, but the leaves look different from typical hibiscus leaves which can be found here.

The five-petals, brilliant red Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis. Our National Flower (Malaysia). it can be grouped under the Malvaceae or mallow family (we locally referred it as Bunga Raya) and it was also referred as "Queen of the Tropic". Many of you may associate the Hawaiian type with the Malaysian ones, but the state flower of Hawaii with a local name, ma‘o hau hele was categorized under H. brackenridgei. In fact, Hibiscus syriacus (Mugunghwa or "Rose of Sharon") is also the national flower of South Korea and its widespread popularity throughout the globe as the favorite decorative gardening plant also makes a cocktail named as "hibiscus". There are probably many combinations (crossbreeds) and could have been resulted with thousands combinations on colours, shapes and form. The acceptance of this great, colorful flower has enabled formation of a commodity for hobbyists. Some colours, such as blue & black are considered rare but it has began to surface via breeding. It is a common sight to find Hibiscus (Bunga Raya) as popular household gardening plants and along roads and highways in Malaysia and neighboring countries such as Singapore, Brunei Thailand and Indonesia.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/windows/htmls/htmls/leofoo_hibiscus.htm

 

[purpod]

You did just fine, aRym & xllnt info that should put any controversy for Matt to rest ~

Wishing all an Xllnt day ~
Purpod

 

[treshell]

Pretty aren't they. They are Holly Hocks. You could find them in most older gardens. They are related to the Mallow and the Hibiscus. They do have use in herbal medicinal. Try this web site
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/holhoc30.html
Or just google Holly Hock.
Treshell

 

[Crazy1]

Treshell holly hocks are also in the Malvaceae family, as is hibiscus Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species.[1] The largest genera in terms of number of species include Hibiscus (300 species) (taken from Wikipedia)

Hollyhock:
Alcea setosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Alcea

Hibiscus:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Hibisceae[1]
Genus: Hibiscus

Here is a great site with pics. So Hollyhock or rose mallow or Hibiscus Althea they are all in the sme Genera.

http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/gallery.html