Family: Sterculiaceae
Plant: A small prostrate shrub with stems up to 30cm long.
Flowers: Clusters of a few small white to pink flowers about 5mm across with 5 spreading rounded petals and red dark stamens.
Flowering: July-September.
Fruit: Hairy reddish-brown capsule 4-6mm diameter
Leaves: Alternate, dark green, lanceolate to oblong up to 2cm long and 4-15mm wide, glossy and wrinkled, hairy and paler on the underside. The margins of the leaves are wavy, recurved and sometimes toothed.
Habitat: Coastal heathland mostly on sandstone cliffs.
Features: Prostrate habit. Dark green wrinkled leaves. Small pinkish-white flowers.
Name:
Rulingia After the German botanist Dr. Johann Rueling.
hermanniifolia
From the plant having leaves similar to those of the Hermannia.
Type |
Shrub, Herb |
|
Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
|
Colour(s) |
White, Pink |
|
Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
|
Flowering Month |
7, 8, 9 |
Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
|
Colour |
Red, Brown |
|
Other Features |
- |
Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
|
Type |
Simple |
|
Shape |
Oval |
|
Length |
Tiny, Short |
|
Margins |
Toothed/Serrated, Wavy |
|
Attachment |
Stalked |
|
Other Features |
Discolorous |
Bark |
- |
|
Habitat |
Heathland |