This fynbos plant is an erect, rigid, sparse, spiny shrublet which usually reaches about 1 metre high. Tips of the hairy leaves are sharply pointed, ending in a prickly spine. Generous presentations of the flowers are scattered along the stems. Flowers are attractive, small, conspicuous and pinkish white or vivid purple. They are thickly studded along the twigs and present for several months. The fruit is a capsule with four elongated, slender, horn-like outgrowths which contains two seeds.

Reference:

1 Van Wyk, B-E. and Gericke, N. (2007). People’s plants: a guide to useful plants of southern Africa. Briza, Pretoria.