The Mandrinette (Hibiscus fragilis) is an extremely rare endemic shrub only known from steep slopes of the mountains Corps de Garde and Le Morne Brabant on Mauritius and from two further plants on Rodrigues.
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In 1970 Andy Warhol made prints titled "Flowers" of the Mandrinette with petals in different colours based on a photograph by the nature photographer Patricia Caulfield, published in the June 1964 issue of the magazine Modern Photography.
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They are currently 200 plants in nurseries, and especially the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is trying to reproduce the seedlings with the help of Ex-situ conservation to reintroduce this species into the wild after efforts to remove the invasive hibiscus were successful.
Hibiscus | Hibiscus Records | hibiscus | ''Salix fragilis'' in native riparian zone | Opuntia fragilis | North Harbour's original Hibiscus |