Hibiscus pusillusThunb. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Exell, A. W., Hibiscus atromarginatusEckl. & Zeyh. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Muskett, E. B., Hibiscus lasiospermusE.Mey. [family MALVACEAE ]
Related name
Hibiscus lasiospermus
Hibiscus atromarginatus
Hibiscus pedunculatus
Hibiscus pusillus
Flora
Entry for HIBISCUS atromarginatus E. & Z. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 157, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
HIBISCUS atromarginatusE. & Z. [family MALVACEAE], ! No. 308.
HIBISCUS lasiospermusE. Mey. [family MALVACEAE]
HIBISCUS macrocalyxGarke [family MALVACEAE], !
Information
laxly hispid or glabrescent; branches slender, virgate; leaves petiolate, 3–5 parted, with narrow, linear-lanceolate or cuneate, entire or jagged or pinnatifid lobes; stipules setaceous, stiff; peduncles axillary, many times longer than the leaves, one-flowered; invol. of 10–12 subulate, rigid, pungent, leaflets, half as long as the linear-lanceolate, acuminate calyx-lobes; seeds clothed with long, silky hairs. A graceful suffrutex, with distant, digitate leaves and large flowers on long peduncles. The petals are either yellow, or purple, or pale with dark purple bases. E. & Z. say that the leaves have black margins, whence the specific name; this character may be obvious on the living plant, but is not so on our dried specimens.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Caffirland E. & Z.! Drege! Crocodile River and Macallisberg, Burke. Somerset, Mrs. F. W. Barber! Natal, Miss Owen! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.)
