Species Hermannia tomentosa (Turcz.) Schinz ex Engl. (Hermannia sp.)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Malvales
  • ---- family: Malvaceae
  • ----- species: Hermannia tomentosa
Characteristics:perennial herb or shrublet; spreading growth; up to 40 cm tall; narrrow, hairy leaves with serrate margins; yellow or pink flowers; fruit is a hairy capsule
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 178
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