Dwarf Elephantroot

Elephantorrhiza elephantina

Inclusion rationale

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

• Conservation value of the Egoli Granite Grassland, an endemic grassland in Gauteng, South Africa
• PlantZAfrica

Features data

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

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Dec. 17, 2025, 10:47 a.m.	Supports bees Useful Medicinal Rocky habitat Sun Climax species
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.	Supports bees Drought-resistant Useful Medicinal Sun Shrub Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data

Photo credits

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

• (c) Reuben Heydenrych, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Reuben Heydenrych source
• (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel source
• (c) Andrew Hankey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Andrew Hankey source
• (c) Kate Braun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kate Braun source
• (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel source
• (c) Andrew Hankey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Andrew Hankey source
• (c) Shaun Swanepoel, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Shaun Swanepoel source
• (c) Athol Ferguson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Athol Ferguson source