Agathosma species nova (lanata) wiry hairs

The leaves of Agathosma species nova (lanata) are imbricate, growing in a neatly overlapping pattern like roof tiles upon the stems. In picture they are dense at stem tips.

The usually dull green to pale green leaves, here yellow-green at the end of a dry summer, are narrow, curving in and tapering to acutely pointed tips. The leaves are hairy or woolly, earning the plant the Afrikaans common name of wolboegoe (wool buchu). Against sunlight the sparse, but conspicuous hairs are unkempt, every one of them curving in its own direction.

The leaves of this plant are not particularly scented, even when crushed. They become up to 1 cm long and 3 mm wide (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2010; iSpot).