About Stoebe alopecuroides (Lam.) Less.
Stoebe alopecuroides (Lam.) Less. is a shrub that can grow up to one metre tall. This species is endemic to South Africa’s Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces. It grows in forest edges and fynbos habitats, with a distribution ranging from Riversdale to Uitenhage. Its leaves are stiff, needle-shaped, spreading and twisted, with rolled-in margins. Its flower heads grow in dense clusters along elongated axes, and lack ray florets. The flower heads are white, and are enclosed by multiple rows of brown papery bracts.
