Jamesbrittenia tenuifolia

Jamesbrittenia tenuifolia, previously known scientifically as Sutera atrocaerulea and also Lyperia tenuifolia, is a soft shrublet growing thin branches to 60 cm in height. The plant has a covering of gland-tipped hairs on stems and leaves.

The species distribution is mostly coastal in the Western Cape from Stilbaai to the Eastern Cape around Humansdorp. The photo was taken in the Bo-Kouga east of Uniondale.

The plant grows in grassy shrubland on rocky slopes and dunes. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Euston-Brown and Kruger, 2023; Manning, 2007; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).