Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: scraggly leucadendron

Family: Proteaceae (Protea)

Distribution: Western Cape: West Coast Sand Fynbos, Berg River mouth to Kraaifontein

Habitat: Sand fynbos on flats.

National red list: Vulnerable

Life form: Evergreen shrub / sub-shrub

Comments: A substantial portion of this species' habitat is already lost to agricultural and urban development. Loss to new rooibos tea and potato farming has bee particularly rapid in since this species was last assessed in 2004 (Kirkwood pers. obs.). Subpopulations are increasingly fragmented, with the largest areas very impacted by alien plant invasion.