Cancer Bush

Lessertia frutescens

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:36 a.m.	Birds Butterflies Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Sun Shrub Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Sun Shrub Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• By Christian Hummert (Ixitixel) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6600896 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Sutherlandia_frutescens_1.jpg)
• (c) magriet b, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by magriet b source
• (c) magriet b, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by magriet b source
• (c) Gigi Laidler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gigi Laidler source
• (c) Tony Rebelo, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Rebelo source
• (c) Deon du Plessis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Deon du Plessis source
• (c) Lindokuhle Mgwaba, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lindokuhle Mgwaba source