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Accession Data:

Hermannia verticillata (L.) K. Schum

  • Common Name: Honeybells
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Mahernia verticillata L.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa

  • Description: Decumbent subshrub, usually appearing herbaceous when grown in the greenhouse, branches to about 30cm high; leaves to about 4cm long, pinnately cut into linear segments, stipules leafy; flowers fragrant, 1-2, on long, slender, bracted peduncles, petals yellow, to 1cm long.

    Blooms late winter to spring.

  • Culture: Propagate from seed.
  • USDA Zone: 10b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502821
  • Source: Unknown
  • Provenance:
    Pre-1985 Accession in EEB Collections
    Hermannia verticillata is an unresolved name per PlantList.
    
    19MAR2018 - Strong superficial resemblance to Hermannia pulchella per photos and rough descriptions on various internet sites, but only moderate confidence in accuracy of those sources.  Retaining H. verticillata labelling for now.
    
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2110 - MED:Fynbos B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 03-27-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Byttneroideae
  • Tribe: Hermannieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2025
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References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 02 May 2025 15:00:16 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Hermannia verticillata

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W/C = Wild Collected
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