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Hermannia hyssopifolia
(Malvaceae) not in The Student's Flora |
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In
Tasmania one species of Hermannia has become
naturalised.
This stiffly erect rounded shrub can be as small as 300mm
but also up to 2m. The new stems are purple and hairy while
the older stems are reddish. The flowers have an inflated
balloon-like calyx with the tips of the petals protruding
and appear in dense terminal clusters. The seeds are
enclosed in the calyx “balloons” which by then have taken a
much more paper-like appearance.
Description and photo from Steenbok
Nature Reserve website |
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University
of Tasmania
