Botanical name

Seriphium incanum

Family

Asteraceae

Common Name

Slangbos

Synonym (old name)

Stoebe incana
Seriphium incanum
Seriphium incanum
Seriphium incanum

Description

Grey-woolly, ericoid, rounded shrublet up to 60cm. Leaves thread-like with margins rolled in towards upper surface, spirally-twisted, recurved; flowerheads discoid, (sometimes slightly elongate), crowded in terminal heads, glistening, brownish, bracts golden- to dark-brown, pointed.

Habitat

Sandstone slopes

Flower Date

February to May