Hermannia leucantha Schltr.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hermannia

Characteristics

Suffrutex decumbens vel adscendens, e basi ramosus, usque ad 40 cm longus, laxe foliatus. Rami et ramuli teretes, resinoso-glandulosi. Folia petiolata, circuitu anguste elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, grosse sublobulato-crenata, basi cuneata, utrinque sparsim resinoso-glandulosa, lamina 1.5-4 cm longa, 0.3-1.4 cm lata, petiolo gracili usque ad 1 cm longo. Inflorescentiae vulgo biflorae, pedunculo 4-7 mm longo. Flores nutantes, flavescenti-albidi, in genere inter majores; calyx campanulatus, 7 mm longus, usque supra medium 5-lobatus, lobis ovatis, acuminatis, resinoso-glandulosis; petala obovato-elliptica, obtusa, basi in unguem brevem marginibus incurvis concavum angustata, c. 1 cm longa; staminum filamenta 3.5 mm longa, linearia, medio margine utrinque in lobulum semi-orbicularem hispidum dilatata; antherae Ionge acuminatae, c. 4.5 mm longae, sparsim ciliolatae. Ovarium subgloboso-ellipsoideum, breviter stipitatum, 2.5 mm altum minute stellato-pilosulum, stilus subulatus, obtusiusculus, basi sparsim pilosus, 5 mm longus.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:823805-1
WFO ID wfo-0001140982
COL ID 3KZJB
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Synonyms

Hermannia leucantha