H. cristata Bolus
Small perennial shrub, with strong underground rhizome, to protect against fire. Stems are herby and half lying down, never taller than 200 mm. Flowers are single or in two's carried at the tip of the branchelts, dark red-orange (flame colour). Calyx reddish purple.

Distribution: widespread in the grasslands of the eastern Highveld.

H. cuneifolia Jacq. var. cuneifolia.
Agtdaegeneesbossie, broodbos, geneesbossie, pleisterbos, geelpleisterbos, vet-en-broodbos (Afr.)
A sturdy, much-branched shrublet, up to 500 mm high. Leaves in tufts and coarsely toothed, both surfaces covered with star-like hairs. Flowers yellow, becoming red-brown with age, sweetly scented. Very palatable and drought resistant. This plant is used medicinally to heal wounds, therefore the name, geneesbos. Distribution: widespread in fynbos, karoo and grassland, from the Western Cape, Free State, to Lesotho.

H. disermifolia Jacq.
Jeukbos (Afr.)
An erect, branched shrub, up to 1 m high. The long-stalked, yellow-green leaves are covered in minute, star-like hairs. Yellow flowers are borne in clusters towards the end of the branches. Plant is unpalatable to stock, and not eaten.

Distribution: This plant is restricted to the arid parts of Namaqualand and Namibia.

H. grandiflora Aiton.
Heuningbossie, ouma-se-kappie (Afr.)
Low, sprawling shrub, beautiful when in flower, covered with large red flowers, forming a solid round shrub. Leaves alternate with coarsely toothed margins. This plant is very palatable and its presence indicates good veld. A very good species for the arid, winter rainfall garden.

Distribution: throughout the Northern, Western and Eastern Cape.

Hermannia saccifera (Turcz.) K. Schum.
A low, sprawling, strangling shrublet up to 400 mm high. The leaves are smooth, hairless, shiny, regularly toothed and bright green. The flowers, usually 2 per peduncle, are bright yellow, pendulous and bell-shaped.

Distribution: along the southern coast, from the Riviersonderend Mountains and Bredasdorp in the Western Cape to Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape.

H. stricta (E.Mey. ex Turcz.) Harv.
Desert rose (Eng); rooi-opslag, woestynroos (Afr.)
Perennial shrub up to 800 mm high. When not in flower it appears woody with a grey bark. Flowers are drooping, dark pink with the petals spirally overlapping and flaring out in an open trumpet. Very attractive when in full bloom.

Distribution: Northern and Western Cape and Namibia.