Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Sparsely branched perennial herb, up to 2 m tall. Stems appressed stellate-hairy. Leaves, up to 6 × 3 cm, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, unlobed, densely stellate hairy on both surfaces; margin serrate; petiole up to 3 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, up to 2-3 cm in diameter, red or rarely pink. Epicalyx of 6-7 bracts, 8-10 mm long, linear. Calyx up to 9-10 mm long; lobes linear-lanceolate, 8-9 mm long, stellate hairy. Fruit a subglobose capsule, c. 9 × 9 mm, minutely velvety.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Hibiscus praeteritus R.A. Dyer Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=139540
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Southern Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Hibiscus praeteritus R.A. Dyer Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=139540
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
