Entry for HIBISCUS pedunculatus Cav. [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 pedunculatusCav. [family MALVACEAE], Dis. t. 66. f. 2.;—DC. Prod. 1. 446. E. & Z. 310. Bot. Reg. t. 231. Thunb. Cap. p. 549.
HIBISCUS KraussianusBuching. [family MALVACEAE], in Walp. Rep. 5. p. 91.
Information
shrubby, laxly stellato-hispid, rough; branches slender; leaves on short or longish petioles, 3–5- lobed, the lobes obtuse, the middle one longest, unequally toothed; peduncles axillary, many times longer than the leaves, one-flowered; invol. of 8–10 linear-lanceolate leaflets, equalling or exceeding the cuspidate calyx-lobes; capsule pubescent, seeds smooth. A graceful shrub, 2–4 feet high, with erect branches and distant leaves. The leaves are usually as above described, but the lobes are sometimes shallow or obsolete. The long flowerstalk is a constant mark. The flowers are deep rosy red, 1 1/2 inch long, campanulate and slightly nodding.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In woods and on hill sides. Galgebosche, Thunberg, Drege! Uitenhage, E. & Z.! Port Natal, Dr. Sutherland. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.)
