Hermannia cernua sprawling

Hermannia cernua sprawling
Author: Ivan Lätti
Photographer: Louis Jordaan

Hermannia cernua is sometimes called the rankpoproos (rambling dollsrose) in Afrikaans. When growing in that manner it may sprawl into a mat or shallow dome as here.

The young stems are often reddish. The ovate to lanceolate leaves have round-toothed or scalloped, undulating margins.

The photo was taken near Oudtshoorn in the Little Karoo (Shearing and Van Heerden, 2008; Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; iNaturalist).

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