Hermannia cordata (e.Mey. ex E.phillips) De Winter

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hermannia

Characteristics

Stem terete, tomentose. Stipules 0.6-1.2 cm long, ovate or lanceolate, acuminate, sometimes 3-toothed, tomentose. Leaves petioled, 2.5-7 cm long; petiole 0.8-1.5 cm, long, terete, tomentose; lamina 1.5-6 cm long, 0.8-5 cm broad, ovate, elliptic or elliptic-ovate, obtuse, cordate at the base, with crenate margins, stellately tomentose below, scantily stellate hairy above. Flowers in terminal panicles. Pedicels 0.6-1.2 cm long, terete, tomentose. Bracts about 5 mm long, linear, tomentose. Calyx-tube 4-5 mm long, more or less campanulate, glabrous and usually 5-nerved within, tomentose without; lobes 2-3 mm long, ovate, acuminate, acute, tomentose without, glabrous within. Corolla yellow. Petals 0.9-1 cm long, 4 mm broad, broadly ovate above, rounded at the apex, narrowed in the lower half, the narrow portion being concave, tomentose, and 3-nerved. Stamens 5, adnate at the very base; filaments 45 mm long, linear, widened into two processes above the middle of their lengths; processes covered with stellate hairs; anthers 3.5 mm long, acuminate, acute, ciliate with a few short hairs. Ovary shortly stalked, 2.5-3 mm long, obovate in outline, obtusely 5-angled, tomentose; style 1 cm long, terete, glabrous; stigma simple.
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Decumbent, sprawling shrub, branches 0.15-0.60 m long; stems densely coarsely hairy, with rough bulbous-based/stipitate stellate hairs. Leaves long-petiolate (± 15 mm), cordate, ± 72 mm long, margins crenate; terminal venation reticulate, upper surface rugose, lower surface canescent, venation brownish hairy. Stipules small. Inflorescences in axillary or terminal panicles; peduncles 2-flowered, 20-25 mm long; pedicels filiform, indumentum as for stems. Flowers 12 mm long, yellow. Calyx globose, chartaceous, pinkish when mature, inflated, not narrowed at mouth, 5-lobed in upper half; indumentum as for stems but less dense. Petals longer than calyx, densely appressed stellate-hairy outside. Flowering time Nov.-Mar.
Perennial herb, ± 0.1 m high. Stems procumbent or with upward rising branches. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, margins finely toothed, upper surface dark green, rough with sparse, coarse, stellate hairs and very deeply sunken veins, lower surface whitish tomentose. Flowers: in clusters of 2-flowered cymes, concentrated towards ends of branches with leaves usually almost reduced to bract size, thus forming cymose panicles; calyx urceolate; petals yellow; Oct.-Apr.
Perennial herb, with creeping to upward rising branches. Leaves ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, upper surface dark green, rough with sparse, coarse, stellate hairs and very deeply sunken veins, lower surface whitish felty. Stipules lacerate. Inflorescence: clusters of 2-flowered cymes concentrated towards ends of branches with leaves usually almost reduced to bract size thus forming cymose panicles. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 3-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Hermannia cordata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943293-1
WFO ID wfo-0000720380
COL ID 3KZDZ
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Synonyms

Mahernia cordata Hermannia cordata