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Poverty Bush

Selago corymbosa

Also called Stiff Bitterbush

Poverty Bush
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Selago corymbosa is a species of plant in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is endemic to South Africa.

Where it grows

Selago corymbosa is mainly confined to the southern Cape regions of South Africa, where it favours grassy scrub vegetation mainly around the coastal lowlands, but also spreads in disturbed areas.

Other Selago plants

Rough Bitterbush · Ball Bitterbush · Kleinkaroo Bitterbush · Selago fruticosa · Selago glomerata · Selago lepida · Selago luxurians · Selago nachtigalii · Selago ramosissima · Selago thomii · Threes Bitterbush · Vascular Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selago corymbosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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