A robust upright shrub that bears large terminal heads made up of a number of ball like clusters of tiny red flowers in late summer.
The striking red flowers of Brunia stokoei are a sight to behold. It has a similar growth habit to B. albiflora. However, the needle-like leaves are glabrous (smooth), stalkless, 8-10 mm long and have an evident midvein underneath.
Berzelia stokoei is endemic to the Western Cape region of South Africa. It occurs from the Hottentots Holland Mountains to Kleinmond, but is prevalent in the rocky sandstone mid slopes of the Betty's Bay and Kleinmond areas.
The genus Brunia was named after Dr Cornelius Brun, who was a chemist and plant collector and Carl Linnaeus' contemporary. The species stokoei is named after a very important collector of fynbos plants, Thomas Pearson Stokoe who died at the age of 91.
This plant is now technically referred to as Berzelia stokoei.