Hermannia marginata (Turcz.) Pillans

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hermannia

Characteristics

Suffruticose, decumbent, many-stemmed, small, thinly clothed with short, white, subtellate hairs; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse, inciso-pinnatifid, the lobes obtuse, sub-canescent on both sides; stipules ovate, acute; peduncles scarcely equalling the leaves, spreading, 2-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, connate; calyx deeply 5-fid, the lobes ovate-oblong, acute, half as long as the petals; anthers longer than the filaments; capsule sub-globose, pubescent.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Distribution

Hermannia marginata world distribution map, present in South Africa

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WFO ID wfo-0001421022
COL ID 6LRVY
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Synonyms

Hermannia marginata