Botanical name

Sonderothamnus speciosus

Family

Penaeaceae

Status

Rare

Sonderothamnus speciosus
Sonderothamnus speciosus
Sonderothamnus speciosus
Sonderothamnus speciosus
Sonderothamnus speciosus
Sonderothamnus speciosus

Description

Sparsely branched, closely leafy, geometric looking shrublet, up to 60cm, coppicing from a woody cordex. Leaves sessile, broadly ovate to obovate, leathery, ascending and imbricate, margins of especially upper leaves toothed to fringed; flowers in clusters at the branch tips, pink, with darker floral tube cylindrical, tepals about 8mm long.

Habitat

Rocky sandstone slopes

Flower Date

August to October