Perennial woody shrub, native to South Africa. Low-growing, less than a metre high.
Leaves are grey-green, compound and soft to the touch.
It bears bright red flowers. It is alleged that this plant may be used as a treatment for cancer, hence its common name Cancer bush. A common sight along roadsides in dry areas as well as in sandy dunes close to the sea. With its deeply divided, grey-green leaves and large, showy, bright scarlet flowers and fascinating inflated seedpods, Sutherlandia is in high demand as a horticultural oddity anddecorative garden plant.