Acmadenia alternifolia dt
Observed by outramps
on 30th June 2012
on 30th June 2012(Added to iSpot on 14th July 2012)
Finely leafy, single-stemmed, aromatic shrublet to 1 m. Leaves ascending, incurved above, linear to lanceolate, acute, sharply mucronate, margins scabrid. Flowers several, crowded at the branch tips, pink. Fruits with long horns.
Subpopulations are severely fragmented and declining due to invasive alien plants as well as loss of habitat to housing development in the eastern part of its range. It is Redlisted as Endangered
Location: Kranshoek between Plett and Knysna