Carpet Flower

lineare: linear

Low growing perennial herb or subshrub, often forming compact, prostrate cushions, sometimes erect and tufted. Leaves linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceolate with glandular hairs, particularly on the upper surface. Flowers deep blue to violet, darker near the centre.

Frequent at lower altitudes

Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.