Hibiscus elliottiae
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Seed
27 Apr 2008
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Seed pod
15 Jun 2008
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Habit
21 Dec 2008
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Fruit
21 Mar 2008
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Flower
23 Mar 2008
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Flower
25 Mar 2008
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Full name: | Hibiscus elliottiae Harv. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Hibiscus ebracteatus Mast. Hibiscus ebracteatus Mast. var. pechuelii Kuntze Hibiscus elliottiae Harv. var. ebracteatus (Mast.) Hochr. Hibiscus elliottiae Harv. var. pechuelii (Kuntze) Hochr. Hibiscus elliottiae Harv. var. subciliatus Hochr. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Suffruticose, finely stellato-pulverulent and canescent; branches virgate; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenulate; stipules setaceo-subulate; peduncles axillary, equalling the leaves; involucel none; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate; petals stellate along the dorsal ridge; ovules 3; seeds (young) quite glabrous. A slender undershrub, clothed with very minute, yellowish stellulate pubescence. Leaves 1–1.5 inches apart. Petioles 3–4 lines long. Lamina 0.75–1 inch long, 0.5– 0.75 inch wide. Flowers an inch across, bright scarlet or crimson. Staminal column antheriferous in the middle. Very unlike any Cape Hibiscus; but closely related to H. denudatus (Benth! Sulp. p. 7. t. 3.), a native of Lower California and New Mexico, from which it scarcely differs save in the more minute pubescence, the smaller flowers, and the glabrous seeds. It is also allied to H. micranthus L., a native of North Africa and tropical Asia; but differs in pubescence, want of involucel, and in the glabrous seeds. (from JSTOR website / Flora Capensis) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
