Gnidia juniperifolia

 

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Golden saffronbush is distributed in Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, India, and Sri Lanka; more than half of all the species are endemic to South Africa. These are perennial herbs and shrubs, sometimes with rhizomes. Most species have alternately arranged leaves, and a few have opposite leaves. The leaves are undivided and unlobed. The inflorescence is a head of a few to many flowers. There are 140 to 160 species classified in the genus. 

Golden saffronbush (Gnidia juniperifolia) Flower, Leaf, Care, Uses - PictureThis (picturethisai.com)

Description

Erect or spreading hairless shrublet up to 50cm. Leaves are scattered, longish, narrow to oval and pointed. Flowers are yellow, hairless, single or in pairs at tips of branches; calyx is tubular and long, with four small membranous petals in the mouth.

Latin: juniperus = bluish-brown, folium = leaf; referring to the colour of the leaves.

Habitat

Mountain and lower slopes

Flower Date

January to December

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