A dense, low shrub with highly fragrant, light grey leaves covered in fine woolly hairs, Pteronia incana grows in deep silty soils across the Karoo and is the best-known species of Pteronia, a genus of small woody shrubs endemic to Southern Africa. It occurs all the way from East London in the Eastern Cape, through the Western Cape, to the Namibian border in the Northern Cape. Also known as Ash Bush, Fire-Bush, or Kraakbos ("crackle-bush") in Afrikaans, it has long been valued by the Khoi and San people of the region.
 
FRAGRANCE
 
Astringent and juniper-like, with a wild, herbaceous quality reminiscent of hyssop and a hint of resin. The flowerheads carry a surprising pleasant coconut note, layered beneath the plant's characteristic sharp, wild scent. Distinctly evocative of the Karoo landscape it calls home.