Botanical name

Liparia hirsuta

Family

Fabaceae

Synonym (old name)

Priestleya hirsuta
Liparia hirsuta
Liparia hirsuta
Liparia hirsuta

Description

Reseeding shrub up to 3m. Leaves simple, oblanceolate to obovate, 3-or more-veined at the base, often drying black; flowers 7-12, bright yellow; bracts longer than flower stalk, clasping base of calyx.

Habitat

Mountain fynbos, 300 - 1000m

Flower Date

August to April