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Aspalathus nigra
Black Capegorse is a small fynbos shrub from the Cape region of South Africa, belonging to the pea family, and is rarely grown outside its native range. Its key to growing it is to mimic its fynbos habitat: full sun, excellent drainage and little summer water.
Aspalathus nigra, the black Capegorse, is a plant belonging to the genus Aspalathus. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos. The plant occurs from the Cederberg to the Hottentots Holland Mountains and Agulhas Plain and eastwards across the Langeberg to the Outeniqua Mountains and Uniondale. The population is stable.
Aspalathus abietina · Leafthorn Capegorse · Aspalathus acuminata · Whitewashed Capegorse · Spiderweb Capegorse · Aspalathus aspalathoides · Aspalathus astroites · Twin Capegorse · Aspalathus callosa · Cape Capegorse · Heady Capegorse · Aspalathus carnosa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aspalathus nigra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
