| Family | MALVACEAE |
| Genus species | Hermannia spinosa (Burch.) E.Mey. ex Harv. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Cap. 1: 205 (1860) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia and Free State |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
| Altitude | 90-1300m |
| Description | very ramose, branchlets glabrous, leaves minute, petiolate, cuneate, coarsely 3-5-dentate, minutely pubescent, peduncles 1-flowered, basal part harden in sharp patent spine |
| Size | 20-35cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hermannia asbestina Schltr. Hermannia aspericaulis Dinter & Engl. Mahernia spinosa Burch. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State) |