Hermannia incana Cav.

Suffrutex, up to 2 m tall, usually erect; branchlets whitish grey tomentose with densely fringed scales with hairs flattened to give a smooth appearance, often minute gland-tipped hairs scattered in the tomentum. Stipules subulate to narrowly linear or long acuminate from a 1.5 mm broad base, up to 7 mm long, 1 to 1.5 mm broad at base, tomentose. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate-oblong to broadly or narrowly oblong, broadly cuneate to cuneate at base, 7-35 mm long, 5-20 mm broad, softly stellate-tomentose on both surfaces, at least when young, faintly to fairly distinctly undulate-crenate except at the broadly cuneate base, apex rounded or sometimes shortly acuminate and acute; petiole 3-15 mm long, softly tomentose. Inflorescence of 1-several-flowered, but mostly 2-flowered, cymes, one or more developing in axils of upper leaves of ultimate branchlets, forming leafy, paniculate cymes; peduncles and pedicels tomentose but not quite as smoothly as on branchlets, not of equal lengths but both varying, peduncles from 2.5-20 mm long and pedicels 2-15 mm long; bracts usually 3 at apex of peduncles, subulate, about 3 mm long, caducous. Calyx stellate-tomentose, subinflated, campanulate, 6-9 mm long, lobed in upper half, lobes about 3 mm long, deltoid, sinuses wide. Petals yellow, persistent 7-10 mm long, broadly rounded or truncate at apex, narrowing slightly at waist, claw broad with infolded margins and densely tomentose along sides. Stamens with hyaline, obovate filaments, minutely and sparsely pubescent on margins; anthers ciliate. Ovary about 8 mm long, 5-angled, stellate-pubescent, 5-umbonate at apex and shortly stipitate at base; styles adhering, at length shortly exserted. Capsule hidden by long-persistent petals, 5-angled, densely stellate-pubescent, 5-umbonate at apex.