Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Hermannia procumbens Cav. |
Bibliography | Diss. 6: 329 (1788) |
Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
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 | perennial |
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 | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |