Botanical name

Seriphium spirale

Family

Asteraceae

Common Name

Slangbos

Synonym (old name)

Stoebe spiralis
Seriphium spirale
Seriphium spirale
Seriphium spirale
Seriphium spirale
Seriphium spirale
Seriphium spirale

Description

Grey-woolly, ericoid shrublet up to 60cm. Leaves needle-like with involute margins (margins of leaves rolled in towards upper surface), twisted and recurved. Flowerheads discoid, each flower is a tiny yellow floret with short yellow bracts.

 

Habitat

Damp sandstone slopes

Flower Date

March to May