Botanical name

Roepera flexuosa

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Synonym (old name)

Zygophyllum flexuosum
Roepera flexuosa
Roepera flexuosa
Roepera flexuosa
Roepera flexuosa
Roepera flexuosa
Roepera flexuosa

Description

Sprawling shrublet up to 70cm. Leaves sessile (without a leaf stalk), bifoliolate, leaflets obovate, often succulent; flowers golden-yellow with red markings, tepals reflexed; fruits subrotund, wider than long, seeds sticky.

Habitat

Coastal sands and limestones

Flower Date

June to October