About Serruria acrocarpa R.Br.
Serruria acrocarpa R.Br., commonly called the common rootstock spiderhead, is a flowering shrub in the genus Serruria. It is native to the Western Cape of South Africa, where its distribution ranges from the Cederberg to the Southern Cape. The shrub reaches up to 50 cm in height and blooms in spring. It can resprout from its rootstock after fires occur, and grows on plains and lower slopes within fynbos vegetation. In Afrikaans, this species is called hawekwas-spinnekopbos.
