Botanical name

Brunia microphylla

Family

Bruniaceae

Common Name

False Cedar

Synonym (old name)

Raspalia microphylla
Brunia microphylla

Description

Shrub up o 90cm. Leaves are smooth, round-backed and scale-like, up to 1.8mm long, with a minute stumpy black tip; the whitish flowers are borne singly at the ends of branches and are 3-4mm across. Populations are generally rare with few plants in each.

Habitat

Rocky outcrops at high altitudes

Flower Date

September to January