Lotononis galpinii

Lotononis galpinii, previously known scientifically as Buchenroedera sparsiflora, is a prostrate or erect shrublet of the Fabaceae family that may reach 60 cm in height. It usually has a rounded growth form, sometimes mat-forming.

The species distribution is in the Drakensberg and Maluti Mountains, inland in the northeast of the Eastern Cape, the far east of the Free State and the southwest of KwaZulu-Natal; also in Lesotho.

The habitat is grassland rocky slopes and near watercourses at high altitude. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).