Sonderothamnus petraeus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Myrtales > Family: Penaeaceae > Genus: Sonderothamnus

Sonderothamnus petraeus, growing in rock crevice, Mesic Mountain Fynbos in Kleinmond Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa).[photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©].

Distribution and habitat

A fynbos endemic, found only in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve from Cape Hangklip to Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa, where it occurs in cracks and cavities of large boulders on rocky hillsides and on cliff faces.

Phenology

Flowers from October to January (Manning, 2007).

References (by date)

• Dahlgren R. 1968. Studies on Penaeaceae. II. The genera Brachysiphon, Sonderothamnus and Saltera. Opera Botanica 18: 5-72.
• Manning J. 2007. Field Guide to Fynbos. Struik Publishers, Cape Town.