Serruria aemula buds
Author: Ivan Lätti
Photographer: Thabo Maphisa
The Serruria aemula stem-tip leaves and bracts around the buds are yellow-green and red-tipped, contrasting against the darker green general foliage.
The stem-tip buds will open into creamy pink flowerheads that are sweetly scented from late winter to early summer (Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist; http://pza.sanbi.org).