Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Hermannia procumbens Cav. |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | glabrescens, leaves remote, petiolate, oblong, obtuse, coarsely dentate, cuneate, glabrous, stipules ovate, flowers in terminal, secund raceme, calyx campanulate, subglabrous |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | orange-yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem decumbent |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring |
Territory |
Africa
Southern Africa (Cape Provinces) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MALVACEAE
procumbens myrrhifolia (Thunb.) De Winter, Bothalia 11(3): 264 (1974)
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