Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Hermannia flammula Harv. |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 50-1000m |
Description | branchlets pubescent, leaves subsessile, linear-cuneate, tridentate or entire, densely stellate-pubescent, stipules linear, flowers in raceme, calyx lobes triangular, acute |
Size | 25-40cm |
Color | deep red, orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C 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
|