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Distribution: South Africa,
Endemic to the Eastern Cape
First collected by Thomas Sim in 1893 on Mount Kemp near Stutterheim, also
collected from St Albans near Engcobo (Dold 4367) and from Nqadu 20km
North of Umtata, which increases it distribution considerably eastwards. |
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Description:
The plant has a small tuber with numerous succulent roots. Several stems appear
from the center of the tuber. Leaves opposite and lanceolate, leaves are pubescent
on the leaf margins. The stems die back during the dry season. |
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Flower:
Yellow flowers appear on an axillary stalk. Corolla
is 7mm in diameter. |
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Note: Considered one of South
Africa's rarest species. |
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Photographer:
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Reference:
Tony Dold & David Cumming: Notes on the species Brachystelma R.Br
occurring in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Asklepios 84 (2002):4 |
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