CONSERVATION STATUS:
- Critically endangered.
CULTIVATION:
- Full sun.
- Hardy to drought but does well with regular watering and good drainage.
- Frost hardy.
PROPAGATION:
- Readily propagated from seed and suckers.
NATURAL HABITAT:
- Eastern Cape Province in the catchment areas of the Great Kei river and Kubusi rivers.
- All these areas are located in the Queenstown, Cathcort, Komga and Butterworth districts.
STEM:
- Erect, aerial stem that sometimes become decumbent in big plants.
- Stem can attain lengths of up to 5 meters with a diameter of 30 cm – 45 cm.
LEAVES:
- Leaves have a blue-green colour with new leaves and a more blue-silvery look on the upper side.
- Leaves are straight but curve down at the apex.
- Leaflets shield one another.
- Leaf bases have a yellow brown collar.
- Leaflet margins are mostly entire but sometimes have 1 – 2 teeth on the
lower margin.
