Hermannia depressa
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Photo: Bart Wursten
College Rd, Alexandra Park, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
College Rd, Alexandra Park, Harare
Photo: Bart Wursten
Lake Kyle Recreational Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Hermannia viscosa sensu auct. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
More or less prostrate perennial, sometimes forming patches. All parts with stellate and sometimes with glandular hairs. Leaves dark green, tinged with purple-bronze, ovate to ovate-oblong, glabrous or sparsely hairy; base rounded to subcordate; margins irregularly crenate. Flowers drooping, mostly 2, from an erect axillary peduncle, very variable in colour, yellow, pink or reddish or creamy white. Fruit an ellipsoid capsule, thinly pubescent. |
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| Notes: | The specimen in image 3 appears to be a first record for the Southern Division. |
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| Habitat: | In open grassland and along margins of vleis. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Also in the eastern half of South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C,E |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 20 June 2016 |
| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 80. Wild, H. (1960-1). Sterculiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Page 540. (Includes a picture). |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hermannia depressaAfrican Plant Database: Hermannia depressa
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