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Eriocephalus africanus
African Wild Rosemary
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Uses: Attractive flowering and foliage small shrub for mixed beds, street verges or roundabouts or mass planted as an informal hedge or border.
Extremely hardy in coastal locations and useful for erosion control in degraded sites. Butterfly attracting. Requires well-drained soils.

  • Height 0.8-1m
  • Spread 1-1.5m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Asteraceae
  • Botanical Name Eriocephalus africanus
  • Common Name African Wild Rosemary
  • Origin South Africa
  • Habit Compact, Bushy, Rounded
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains, 2nd line coast
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost, Soil salinity
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White
  • Flowering Time Autumn, Winter
  • Flower Type Open-petalled
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)