Hermannia cuneifolia flowers

The stalked flowers of Hermannia cuneifolia nod solitary from leaf axils.

They have twisted corollas that are yellow, fading to orange or brown. The rounded petal tips flare out, overlapping with one side free, the other inside the tube, forming a tiny corolla mouth. A cup-shaped calyx ending in narrowly pointed, hairy sepal lobes hold on to the back end of the corolla, reaching nearly half the petal length. The flower is about 5 mm in diameter.

Flowering happens in winter and early spring. The photo was taken in August (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2010; Le Roux, et al, 2005; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).