Lobostemon glaucophyllus

Lobostemon glaucophyllus is a shrub reaching heights from 30 cm to 1 m. It grows into a rounded bush from a single stem, the branches tending to be erect.

The plant is more common in the Western Cape and Little Karoo to the Langeberg Mountains and the Swartberge than the Northern Cape and Namaqualand. There used to be a species, L. pearsonii now sunk into L. glaucophyllus, found in Namaqualand, particularly along the Spektakelberg escarpment. The photo was taken at Naries, north of the Spektakelberg.

L. glaucophyllus grows in sandy soil on rocky slopes and flats, sometimes in arid fynbos. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the twenty first century (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2010; Manning, 2007; Eliovson, 1990; iNaturalist; http://pza.sanbi.org; http://redlist.sanbi.org).