| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Lachnaea ericoides Meisn. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 14: 579 (1857) |
| Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 300-700m |
| Description | branchlets slender, hirsute, reddish, leaves oblong, curvate, abaxially carinate, adaxially convex, obtuse, flowers in terminal head, calyx lobs orbiculate, pubescent |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | reddish |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |