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Hibiscus ricinifolius

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Name

Identification
Hibiscus ricinifolius E.Mey. ex Harv. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Hibiscus ricinoides Garcke [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Hibiscus vitifolius L. [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Hibiscus vitifolius
  • Hibiscus ricinoides
  • Hibiscus ricinifolius

Flora

Entry for HIBISCUS ricinifolius E. Mey [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 ricinifolius E. Mey [family MALVACEAE], !
HIBISCUS ricinoides Garke [family MALVACEAE], !
Information
herbaceous, laxly pubescent; stem and petioles prickly; leaves on long petioles, palmately 5–7 lobed, the lobes acuminate, sharply and unequally serrate, glabrescent, sprinkled with trifid hairs and prickles; peduncles elongate, jointed below the flower, patently pubescent; invol. of 9–10 narrow-linear, ciliate leaflets, rather shorter than the ovate-acuminate, thin, hispidulous calyx-lobes; capsule sub-globose, laxly setose; seeds glabrous. A tall, herbaceous plant, set with a few small prickles and thinly sprinkled with soft hairs. Flowers 2 inches across, yellow, with a dark purple centre.—Of this I have only seen a single specimen. It may be merely a glabrescent form of H. vitifolius, with more deeply divided leaves than usual.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Port Natal, Drege! (Herb. Sond.)

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