Lichtensteinia laceria. When one sees Tornleaf Kamoes in the fynbos, it immediately reminds of carrots when they are seeding in the garden. No wonder, for Tornleaf Kamoes is a member of the Apiaceae family, just like carrots and celery. Like carrots, they have hollow stems. The dark green leaves are covered in creamy net-veining connected to a large midrib. The edges of the leaves are scalloped, grouping a few angular teeth into arcs.

The leaves tend to wilt or dry up completely before the clusters of tiny yellow flowers appear. 

Lichtensteinia laceria is endemic to the Western Cape.

The rootstock contains an essential oil and in traditional healing it is powdered and administered in small doses for stomach pains. (A tot of brandy might also do the job.)

Source: Manning, 2007; Bean and Johns, 2005; Leistner, (Ed.) 2000; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist.