Zygophyllum cordifolium prostrate branches

Zygophyllum cordifolium, sometimes called the heart twinleaf and in Afrikaans the sjielingbos (shilling bush) on account of its disc-shaped leaves that resemble coins, spread many branches across the beach sand here at Cape Columbine.

The yellow to nearly cream flowers have five spreading petals, variably marked red near the base, as many Zygophyllum species flowers have (Manning, 2009; Le Roux, et al, 2005; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).