Euryops lateriflorus

Euryops lateriflorus, in Afrikaans the soetharpuisbos (sweet resin bush), is an erect shrub that grows to 1,5 m. It does not resprout after fire, having to regrow from seed.

The smooth, hairless leaves are thick and hard. The leaves are sessile, i.e. without stalks and overlapping in a regular (imbricate) pattern up the stems. The leaf-shape is ovate. The leaves have entire margins, tapering to acute tips. The blades vary in width from 5 to 15 mm and in length from 1 cm to 3 cm.

This plant grows widespread from Namibia to the western, southern and central parts of South Africa. It occurs mostly inland in the Western Cape and the south of the Northern Cape but also into the Eastern Cape and somewhat into the Free State.

The habitat is arid, karoid, lowland terrain in clay or loam soils. The plant tends to become dominant in overgrazed veld. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the twenty first century (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; iSpot; JSTOR; http://redlist.sanbi.org).