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Syncarpha speciosissima
Also called Cape Sewejaartjie
Cape Everlasting is a small shrublet from the South African Cape Floristic Region, grown for its papery white flower heads. It needs full sun, good drainage and a cool, dry root zone.
Syncarpha speciosissima, the Cape everlasting or Cape sewejaartjie, is a species of plant primarily found in the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa.
This species in endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa, where it grows on sandstone slopes between the Cape Peninsula and Tradouws Pass. It prefers the upper slopes of mountains and grows in open areas between bushes.
Silver Sewejaartjie · Gold Everlasting · Pink Sewejaartjie · Red Sewejaartjie · Syncarpha dykei · Strawberry Everlasting · Rusty Sewejaartjie · Yellow Sewejaartjie · Brown Rim Everlasting · Syncarpha lepidopodium · Chockchip Sewejaartjie · Syncarpha marlothii
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Syncarpha speciosissima 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.
