Hermannia alnifolia

Hermannia alnifolia, sometimes called the fanleaf doll's rose, is a scrambling, grey-green shrublet occasionally reaching 1 m. The upper branches are reddish and hairy.

The leaves are wedge-shaped to oval and undulating, covered in white hairs on their lower surfaces. Leaf margins are toothed in their upper parts.

The species distribution is in the Northern Cape from southern Namaqualand to the Western Cape, as far as the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to the southern Cape as far as Uniondale.

The habitat is rocky and shale slopes, often in semi-arid conditions and mainly receiving winter rain. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Manning, 2007; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).