Kewa (plant)

Species transferred to Kewa from Hypertelis in 2014 were: • Kewa acida (Hook.f.) Christenh. – Saint Helena • Kewa angrae-pequenae (Friedrich) Christenh. – Namibia, South Africa • Kewa arenicola (Sond.) Christenh. – South Africa • Kewa bowkeriana (Sond.) Christenh. – Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa • Kewa caespitosa (Friedrich) Christenh. – Namibia, South Africa • Kewa salsoloides (Burch.) Christenh. – Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, South Africa • Kewa suffruticosa (Baker) Christenh. – Madagascar • Kewa trachysperma (Adamson) Christenh. – South Africa == Cultivation ==

Plants are perennial but relatively short lived. They can easily be propagated from seed and make attractive cushion-like shrubs with leathery leaves and many starry white flowers. == References ==