Selago glabrata

Selago glabrata is a twiggy shrublet bearing densely leafy branches that reach 30 cm to 40 cm in height.

The small, needle-like leaves grow in tufts, the blades leathery and the margins rolled under.

The small, stalkless flowers grow in short spikes clustered at stem-tips. The white, honey-scented flowers are two-lipped, one lip having a longer lobe, the other one four shorter lobes. Corolla diameter is only up to 4 mm. Flowering happens from late winter to after midspring.

The species distribution is in the southwest of the Northern Cape to the inland Western Cape as far east as the Little Karoo. The photo was taken at Kagga Kamma in the Cederberg. 

The habitat is stony renosterveld and karoid scrub slopes. The species is not considered threatened in habitat early in the twenty first century (Manning, 2007; Manning and Goldblatt, 1997; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).