Lampranthus bicolor

Lampranthus bicolor, sometimes called the twocolour brightfig, is an erect or spreading, stiffly branched shrublet or shrub growing a woody stem base and reaching 30 cm to 50 cm in height.

The oblong, opposite leaves are succulent, somewhat cylindrical to about three-angled in cross-section, the surfaces rough. Leaf length is from 12 mm to 25 mm.

The species distribution is in the southwest of the Western Cape, from Tulbagh to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Bredasdorp, maybe further.

The habitat is sandy fynbos on lower slopes and coastal plains. The species is not considered threatened in habitat early in the twenty first century (Marais, (Ed.), 2017; Manning, 2007; Smith, et al, 1998; Bean and Burman, 1985; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; http://pza.sanbi.org; http://redlist.sanbi.org).