Berzelia intermedia

Berzelia intermedia, in Afrikaans the knopbos (knob bush), is a much branched, rounded shrub reaching heights from 1 m to 1,5 m. The leaves ascend in spirals around the stems. They are ericoid in appearance, green, small and narrow with tiny black tips.

The plant produces cream flowerheads from late spring to early autumn. The tiny flowers have five petals and one style, consistent with the Berzelia genus; Brunia flowers having two styles.

The distribution is Cederberg to the Eastern Cape on sandstone slopes in fynbos. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the twenty first century (Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; Bean and Johns, 2005; www.redlist.sanbi.org).