Hermannia jacobeifolia (Turcz.) R.A.Dyer

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hermannia

Characteristics

Suffruticose, decumbent shrublet, ± 0.15 m high; glandular. Leaves petiolate, ± ovate in outline, pinnatipartite to pinnatisect. Stipules small. Inflorescences 2-flowered; peduncles 10 mm long; pedicels filiform, densely glandular and stellate-hairy. Flowers 8 mm long, white, red-striped and-fringed. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed to beyond middle, main vein and margins reddish brown; sparsely glandular-hairy, main vein and margins with white, stellate hairs. Petals twice as long as calyx, spreading. Flowering time Sept.? Fruit a densely glandular and stellate-hairy capsule, shapes of seeds clearly outlined.
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Prostrate subshrub, up to 200 mm tall, stems spreading from a deep woody taproot. Leaves widely spaced, deeply cut almost to midrib. Flowers 2, on long peduncles in axils of upper leaves, pendulous, cup-shaped, pink to pinkish blue. Sept.-Oct.(-Apr.).
Dwarf shrub, up to 0.5 m high. Stems procumbent, filiform. Leaves petiolate; blade narrowly ovate, margins pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, lobes linear, apices obtuse. Flowers: in 2-flowered cymes; calyx campanulate; petals white with red lines; Sep.-Mar.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system tap-root
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Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Distribution

Hermannia jacobeifolia world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:823791-1
WFO ID wfo-0001040334
COL ID 6M3W9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mahernia jacobaeifolia Hermannia jacobeifolia