Botanical name

Corymbium africanum subsp. scabridum var. scabridum

Family

Asteraceae

Common Name

Heuningbossie, Plampers
Corymbium africanum subsp. scabridum var.  scabridum
Corymbium africanum subsp. scabridum var.  scabridum
Corymbium africanum subsp. scabridum var.  scabridum
Corymbium africanum subsp. scabridum var.  scabridum

Description

Clumped perennial up to 30cm with scabrid stems. Narrow harsh, hairy leaves are up to 20cm long have a tuft of woolly hairs at the base; flower stem has a fine sandpapery feel; purple, pink or white flowers are usually grouped together in rounded or flat heads; bracts are sticky and slightly sandpapery. Seldom blooms except after veld fires when it is profuse.

The leaves are wider, the flowerhead is tighter, the corymbs flatter than C. africanum subsp. scabridum var gramineum.

Habitat

Lower sandstone slopes and flats

Flower Date

October to January