Thanks again to buildingadesert@Flickr, aka Claire W., for contributing an image to Botany Photo of the Day (via the BPotD Flickr Pool (original image)).
Cyclopia pubescens is a small shrub native to the Cape Province of South Africa. It belongs to a closely-related group of plants collectively known as the honeybush teas (see profile of Cyclopia genistoides on PlantzAfrica).
There is little information specifically about Cyclopia pubescens on the web, unless one does a little digging and discovers this 2008 thesis by Nicole Du Toit: Molecular phylogenetics of Cyclopia Vent.and its position within Podalyrieae (Fabaceae). Included within this thesis are photographs of Cyclopia species, including Cyclopia pubescens (PDF) and habit and geographical distribution information (PDF). This latter reference reveals that Cyclopia pubescens is "A rare and highly localized species that has only been recorded from the foot of the Vanstadens River Mountain west of Port Elizabeth, growing in marshy areas."
Looks like our Butter n' Eggs. Great yellow!
Wonderful. Thanks.
Reminiscent of Butter-and-Eggs certainly, but almost a dead ringer for Birdsfoot Trefoil.
Wonderful colour!
One-eyed? What's w/ the cyclops? And pubescens- Hey, this must be where we get the term "hairy eyeball"!
Stunning!
The photographer works at Annie's Annual's, a nursery known worldwide for bringing the rare and unsual into cultivation.
What a cute flower!
Since it's part of the honeybush tea family, does this mean we brew a cup of tea with this flower?
I've had honeybush tea and don't like it too much. But it has many health benefits.
Here I was, enjoying the beautiful spring yellow flowers, but does anyone else think that greenery is reminiscent of rosemary?
Melissa, yes the leaves do look like Rosemary. Good observation!
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