Botanical name

Thesium euphorbioides

Family

Santalaceae
Thesium euphorbioides
Thesium euphorbioides
Thesium euphorbioides
Thesium euphorbioides
Thesium euphorbioides
Thesium euphorbioides

Description

Distinctive (usually  growing above surrounding fynbos), willowy, single-stemmed shrub, with a few short branches near the top. Leaves broad, leathery, blue-green, enfold the upper stems; tiny white flowers are borne in clusters among the large bracts at the ends of branches.

Habitat

Rocky slopes

Flower Date

August to January