Aspalathus albens

Aspalathus albens, the whitewashed Capegorse, is a small to medium-sized shrub belonging to the family Fabaceae.^[1] The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and the Western Cape and forms part of the fynbos. It occurs from southern Namaqualand to the Cape Peninsula. It has a range of 26 921 km² and there are twenty subpopulations remaining. The plant has lost habitat and is locally extinct on the Cape Flats. Urban development is a threat at Mamre and Atlantis while crop cultivation is a threat between Hopefield and Darling. Invasive plants are also a threat between Hopefield and Melkbosstrand. Wildfire prevention is also a threat to the plant, as it requires fire to reproduce.^[2]