Hermannia modesta(Ehrenb.) Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hermannia modesta(Ehrenb.) Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Hermannia viscosa
Hermannia
Hermannia atrosanguinea
Hermannia linearifolia
Hermannia holubii
Hermannia kirkii
Hermannia modesta
Hermannia arabica
Hermannia quartiniana
Flora
Entry for HERMANNIA modesta (Ehrenb.) Mast. [family STERCULIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Annual herb up to 30 cm tall or more; stems pubescent with short glandular hairs and longer mostly simple hairs. Leaves with up to c. 3 mm long petiole; stipules up to 2 mm long, linear; blade linear, 10–40 x 1–3 mm, acute, with entire margin (rarely with a couple of teeth near apex). Flowers solitary in upper leaf-axils; peduncle 10–35 mm long; pedicel 3–8 mm long, without bracteoles. Calyx c. 4–5 mm long, pubescent. Petals c. 6 mm long, red to purplish. Stamens with filaments c. 2.5 mm long and anthers c. 3 mm long. Styles c. 2 mm long. Capsule 5–9 mm long, oblong-ovoid, sparsely pubescent and with spreading c. 1 mm long hairs at the apex. Seeds c. 1.5 mm long, transversely wrinkled and with scattered tubercles.
Range
N1
Altitude range
c. 1400 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA White 157.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Egypt
Sudan
NE Kenya
Angola
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Namibia
South Africa
Arabia
Notes
The single Somali record is from “Obosha tug”, which is presumably in N1.
