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Hermannia saccifera

Hermannia saccifera
Common names: cumin hermannia (Eng.); komynbossie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... during spring (August to October), making quite a show. Hermannia saccifera grows on stony clay slopes in the ... to Bredasdorp in the Western Cape into the Eastern Cape. Hermannia saccifera flowers are well visited by bees. Hermannia Hermannia saccifera  is a medium to fast growing, ...

20 / 08 / 2001 | Bernard Brown | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia hyssopifolia

Bush in flower
Common names: eight-day healing bush (Eng.); pokkiesblom, agtdaegeneesbossie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... Yeats Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2007 Hermannia hyssopifolia is an upright to rounded shrub between ... enclosed in the now chartaceous (papery) calyx.   Hermannia hyssopifolia is endemic to the Cape Peninsula and ... they are not often seen in full bloom. The pollinator of Hermannia hyssopifolia is not known but it has been suggested ...

29 / 01 / 2007 | J Yeats | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia

Flowers
Common names: doll's roses (Eng.); poprosie, moederkappie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... Beate Sachse National Herbarium, Pretoria December 2007 Hermannia is a genus of small shrubs, ranging from upright to ... very strongly spirally twisted into an upended rose. Most Hermannia species posess a thick woody stem and root, forming ... also found in Egypt and Sudan). A single species (  Hermannia tigrensis ) is found in western Africa as well as ...

31 / 12 / 2007 | B Sachse | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Hermannia pinnata

Hermannia pinnata flowers
Common names: orange hermannia/doll's rose (Eng.), kwasblaar kruip poprosie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2008 Hermannia pinnata is a fast-growing, mat-forming shrublet to ... colour fades to pale orange with dark reddish veins. Hermannia pinnata occurs on sandy coastal flats and dunes ... Cape Peninsula, and was once common in the Milnerton area. Hermannia pinnata flowers are produced in abundance and are ...

20 / 10 / 2008 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia nana

Hermannia nana
Common names: windmill doll's rose (Eng.); windpomp poprosie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... Harrower Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden April 2009 Hermannia nana is a small, mounding/spreading, perennial ... colour which is unique for this species within the genus Hermannia. The flowers are pendulous (hanging) just like all other Hermannia species with the opening of the flower facing ...

20 / 04 / 2009 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia grandiflora

Hermannia grandiflora flowers
Common names: desert rose (Eng.); klokkiebos, heuningbossie, ouma-se-kappie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2009 Hermannia grandiflora is a mounding/spreading, perennial ... to release tiny, hard brown seeds the size of coarse sand. Hermannia grandiflora is closely allied to a number of other visually similar Hermannia species, namely: H. stricta, H. burchellii, H. ...

05 / 10 / 2009 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia salviifolia

Hermannia salviifolia
Common names: sage-leaf hermannia (Eng.); geneesbossie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... and recurving above the narrow mouth of the flower. Hermannia salviifolia occurs on the coastal flats or lower ... soils. It is one out of the 141 South African species of Hermannia, of which 81 are endemic to South Africa. Hermannia Hermannia salviifolia can be planted for its bushy ...

03 / 01 / 2022 | Thembakazi Dyariwe | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia scabra

Hermannia scabra
Common names: scabrid doll’s rose, gold cups (Eng.) poprosie (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... for making their mages available via iNaturalist.     Hermannia scabra is a sprawling to stiffly upright, roughly ... plant flowers in winter and spring (July to September). Hermannia scabra is endemic to South Africa and is ... on mountain slopes, in rocky crevices and on stony plains. Hermannia scabra flowers attracts insects and seeds are ...

14 / 03 / 2022 | Zoleka May | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermannia johanssenii

Hermannia johanssenii flowers
Common names: Johanssen’s hermannia (Eng.); heuningbos (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... within clayey and shaly terrain, on dolerite ridges. Hermannia johanssenii blooms profusely, attracting the ... the flowers as they feed on the nectar and pollen. Hermannia Hermannia johanssenii thrives in bright sunlight and ...

01 / 01 / 2024 | Nonkululeko Ntshangase | National Herbarium Pretoria
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