Flora Detail

Common Name Redlegs, Fonteinbos, Rooibeentjies (Afr.)
Family Bruniaceae (Blacktips)
Date Observed 17-11-2021
Category Shrubs
Catalogue No. 3363RGu
Flowering Time Summer
Colour White to Grey
Locations Observed
Estuary
Koppie
Nature Reserve Few,Many
Small Holding Few,Many
Village
Greater Rooiels

Berzelia abrotanoides

Information

Redlegs, Fonteinbos, Rooibeentjies (Afr.)

Berzelia abrotanoides, commonly known as redlegs, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bruniaceae native to the Western Cape region of South Africa. The foliage and dried flower heads are used in the cut flower industry.
It grows on coastal sands. Has an upright resprouting shrub to 1.5m, growing on coastal flats. 1mm wide leaves are keeled and elliptic in shape; white fluffy flowers are 6-10mm in diameter and borne in clusters at the ends of branches. Striking red, fleshy outgrowths on the flower stalks.

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