Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Hermannia paucifolia Turcz. |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 31(I): 218 (1858) |
Native Range | w. Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 200-1100m |
Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves long petiolate, oblong, incised-pinnatifid, segments cuneate, lobate, abaxially pale, flowers of 2 in racemose panicle, calyx glandular |
Size | 12-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, 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 |
Synonyms | Hermannia chrysanthemifolia E.Mey. ex Harv. Hermannia dissecta Harv. |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |