| Family | MALVACEAE |
| Genus species | Hermannia desertorum Eckl. & Zeyh. |
| Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 48 (1835) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 30-1400m |
| Description | young branchlets thinly tomentose, leaves shortly petiolate, cuneate, at apex coarsely dentate, white tomentose, stipules subulate, flowers in raceme, calyx minutely pubescent |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in spring |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |