About Tetraena stapfii (Schinz) Beier & Thulin
Tetraena stapfii, also previously known as Zygophyllum stapfii, has common names of daalderplant in Afrikaans and dollar bush in English. It is a species of flowering bush that is endemic to Namibia. As of January 2025, the specific epithet is sometimes spelled with a single f as stapfii, but the International Plant Names Index uses a double f spelling. This plant grows in the Namib ecoregion along the Atlantic Ocean coast. Most of the moisture it needs comes from morning mist. Its colloquial common names come from the shrub’s round, coin-like leaves; daalder is an old Dutch coin worth one and a half guilders.
