Brachylaena neriifolia (Water white alder)

Waterwitels, Waterbos [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Tarchonantheae > Genus: Brachylaena

Brachylaena neriifolia, next to stream in valley below Blaaukrantz Hut on the Tsitsikamma Trail, Eastern Cape, South Africa [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©].

Same as above, showing whole branches.

See Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 206; Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 66.