Flora Detail

Common Name Spearleaf Fountainbush
Family Fabaceae
Date Observed 20-01-2022
Category Ground cover
Catalogue No. 1117RG
Flowering Time Summer
Colour Blue to Purple
Locations Observed
Estuary
Koppie
Nature Reserve Few
Small Holding
Village
Greater Rooiels

Psoralea asarina

Information

Spearleaf Fountainbush. Habitat: Mountain fynbos in peaty soil

Resprouting, prostrate, trailing, mat-forming plant. Leaves 1-foliate, oblong, spine-tipped, roughly hairy with a heart-shaped base, hairy stems; stipules spreading. Violet-blue flowers on filiform stalks.