Selago triquetra

Selago triquetra, sometimes called the threes bitterbush, is a single-stemmed shrublet or shrub reaching heights from 15 cm to 50 cm. It grows sparse branches, finely hairy and often erect.

The species distribution is in the Western Cape from Clanwilliam and Piketberg to the Little Karoo and its southerly mountains. The photo was taken at the Minwater farm near Oudtshoorn.

The habitat is fynbos and renosterveld on lower slopes, the soil sandy or loamy. The species is not considered threatened in habitat early in the twenty first century.

The plant is not much browsed (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; JSTOR; http://redlist.sanbi.org).