Hypericum aethiopicum subsp. sonderi (Bred.) N. K. B. Robson

aethiopicum: of Ethiopia, a historic name for large parts of Africa

Tufted perennial herb with unbranched stems, usually less than c. 20 cm long. Leaves opposite, sessile, ovate, oblong or almost round, up to 25 × 15 mm, with prominent translucent gland dots; apex obtuse or rounded; margin entire but often rolled under. Flowers c. 2.5 cm in diameter, in terminal clusters, rarely solitary; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, subequal, with translucent and dark glad dots; petals yellow, often tinged with red with dark gland dots scattered on margins and lamina; stamens numerous; styles usually 3, rarely 4 and ovary 3-locular. Fruit a capsule, erect. See the similar H. peplidifolium and H. wilmsii for comparison.

Eurema desjardinsii marshalli (Angled grass yellow) Eurema hecabe solifera (Common grass yellow)

Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and North-east S Africa. Subsp. aethiopicum is confined to the Cape, S Africa.