Hibiscus aethiopicus is a small, prostrate to semi-erect herbaceous perennial in the family Malvaceae, indigenous to eastern and southern Africa.

[2] The flowers can be pale yellow to white (rarely pinkish), usually without a dark centre.

The epicalyx has 10 to 12 narrow fringed bracts.

The leaves are hairy and elliptic-to-oval in shape.

[3][4] This Hibisceae article is a stub.