Botanical name

Diosma subulata

Family

Rutaceae

Common Name

False buchu

Status

Vulnerable

Diosma subulata
Diosma subulata
Diosma subulata
Diosma subulata

Description

Finely leafy, single-stemmed, aromatic shrub up to 1.5m. Leaves mostly opposite, incurved, erect, needle-like or linear-lanceolate, 5-17mm x 2-3mm, with a pungent scent; bears small clusters of white flowers at the ends of branches.

Habitat

Coastal dunes

Flower Date

July to January

Threatened plant Species
Identification

CR    Critically Endangered 
EN  Endangered  
VU  Vulnerable
NT   Near Threatened 
R Rare