Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Family: Fabaceae (Pea)

Distribution: Botrivier to Potberg

Habitat: Renosterveld and lowland fynbos

National red list: Endangered

Life form: Shrub / sub-shrub

Comments: A beautiful renosterveld shrub with thinly velvety leaves that give it a silvery sheen. Renosterveld soils are more fertile than fynbos soils, which has led to extreme transformation of renosterveld vegetation types in the Western Cape for agricultural purposes. The habitat of this species has been severely transformed due to this and consequently only a handful of populations are left. This species often grows on quartz patches, a microhabitat type with interesting ecological characteristics which are still being studied.