Botanical name

Sebaea schlechteri

Family

Gentianaceae

Common Name

Yellowwort

Description

Dainty annual up to 20cm. Leaves ovate; flowers 4-lobed, yellow or white, calyx lobes strongly keeled throughout, corolla tube longer than lobes; style with a swelling.

After: Friedrich R. Schlechter (1872-1925), German botanist, plant collector in Africa, assistant to Harry Bolus founder of Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town.

Habitat

Damp sandy slopes

Flower Date

August to November