Hibiscus cordatusHochst. ex Webb [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hibiscus radiatusCav. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Hibiscus engleri
Hibiscus rhabdotospermus
Hibiscus not on sheet
Hibiscus kirkii
Pavonia unrecorded
Hibiscus cardiophyllus
Hibiscus cordatus
Hibiscus rhadoptospermus
Hibiscus radiatus
Hibiscus physaloides
Flora
Entry for HIBISCUS cordatus Harv. [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 cordatusHarv. [family MALVACEAE]
Information
herbaceous, tall; stem, petioles and peduncles softly pubescent and sprinkled with stellate hairs; leaves on long petioles, oblong-ovate, cordate at base, 3–5-lobulate, the lateral lobes short and obtuse, the middle one ovate and acute, all crenato-dentate, with velvetty and stellate pubescence; peduncles axillary, as long as the petioles, jointed above the middle; invol. of 10–12 minute filiform leaflets, very much shorter than the semi-quinquefid, stellato-pubescent calyx; capsules acuminate, hispid; seeds glabrous. Two or 3 feet high, with the foliage of an Abutilon. It is nearly related to H. physaloides, but differs in the short and obtuse leaf-lobes, the less setose pubescence, shorter invol. leaflets and less shaggy calyces and capsules.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near the Vaal River, and at Macallisberg, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hook. Sond.)
Notes
I have only seen unopened flowerbuds and ripe capsules.
