Botanical name

Hermannia grossularifolia

Family

Malvaceae

Common Name

Doll's Rose, Poprosie
Hermannia grossularifolia
Hermannia grossularifolia
Hermannia grossularifolia
Hermannia grossularifolia
Hermannia grossularifolia
Hermannia grossularifolia

Description

Sprawling, hairy shrub up to 20cm. Leaves roughly-hairy, almost stalkless, dark green, wedge-shaped to inversely lance-shaped, margins deeply lobed or toothed. Clusters of flowers in terminal inflorescence; furled petals yellow, covered in star-shaped hairs on the outside; calyx green, hairy.

Fruit is globular and covered with coarse hairs.

Latin: grossularia = the gooseberry; -ulus = diminutive; folium = leaf: referring to likeness of the leaves of this species to the leaves of the gooseberry bush.

Habitat

Sandy slopes and flats

Flower Date

September to October, mainly after fire