Rafnia elliptica Seeds - Indigenous South African Endemic Flowering Shrub

The genus Rafnia was named after Karl G. Rafn (1769–1808), a Danish scientist and botanist who wrote a book about Danish native plants. The genus Rafnia contains about 22 species that occur only in southern Africa and mostly in the Western Cape; the range of only one species, R. elliptica, stretches into KwaZulu-Natal. Rafnia belongs in the Pea Family (Fabaceae) and is most closely related to Aspalathus, Lebeckia and Wiborgia.

Rafnia elliptica is a South African endemic species from the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape Provinces. Rafnia elliptica grows into an erect shrublet of up to 1 meter tall. It has elliptic leaves. From spring to summer it bears large yellow flowers. It is synonymously known as Rafnia affinis, Rafnia axillaris, Rafnia cuneifolia, Rafnia elliptica, Rafnia elliptica var. acuminata, Rafnia elliptica var. erecta, Rafnia elliptica var. intermedia, Rafnia erecta, Rafnia intermedia and Rafnia retroflexa.

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