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Hermannia pulchella L.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Hermannia

Characteristics

Erect suffrutex, 0.15-0.50 m high; copiously glandular, glutinous. Leaves petiolate, narrow-oblong, inciso-pinnatifid, with obtuse lobes. Stipules small. Inflorescences with 2-flowered peduncles, 4 mm long; pedicels glandular. Flowers 9 mm long, greenish to yellow. Calyx semi 5-fid, glandular, margins sparsely hairy. Petals twice as long as calyx, obovate. Flowering time all year.
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Dwarf shrub, up to 0.5 m high; glabrous, but resinous and clammy. Stems erect. Leaves petiolate; blade narrowly oblong, margins pinnatifid, lobes entire, green. Flowers: in 2-flowered cymes, peduncles shorter than leaves; calyx semi-5-fid, segments deltoid, acute, half as long as petals; petals yellow turning brown; Aug.-Dec.
Erect, shrub, up to 500 mm tall, with resinous leaves and stems. Leaves narrowly oblong, cut almost to midrib. Flowers 2 on a short peduncle in axils of upper leaves, yellow, narrowed towards mouth.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.33 - 0.5
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Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
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Uses bee plant gene source invertebrate food social use
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Distribution

Hermannia pulchella world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:823901-1
WFO ID wfo-0001141029
COL ID 3XHYH
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Synonyms

Mahernia glandulosa Mahernia biserrata Hermannia biserrata Hermannia pulchella Hermannia vernicata Mahernia pulchella Mahernia vernicata
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