Penaea sarcocolla

{{Short description|Species of shrub endemic to the Fybos region}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Saltera sarcocolla (2).JPG

| status = LC

| status_system = SANBI

| status_ref = {{Cite web |title=Threatened Species Programme {{!}} SANBI Red List of South African Plants |url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1826-1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809150058/http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1826-1 |archive-date=2019-08-09 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=redlist.sanbi.org}}

| genus = Penaea

| species = sarcocolla

| authority = L.

| synonyms =

{{Species list

| Penaea longiflora | Meerb.

| Penaea squamosa | L.

| Penaea tetragona | P.J.Bergius

| Saltera sarcocolla | (L.) Bullock

| Sarcocolla linnaei | A.Juss.

| Sarcocolla longiflora | Kunth

| Sarcocolla minor | A.DC.

| Sarcocolla sarcocolla | Kuntze

| Sarcocolla squamosa | (L.) Endl.

| Sarcocolla tetragona | (P.J.Bergius) T.M.Salter

}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=676097-1 |title=Penaea sarcocolla |accessdate=11 April 2022}}

}}

Penaea sarcocolla is a species of shrub in the genus Penaea. It is endemic to the Western Cape, along the coast up to Cape Agulhas and extending inland to Franschhoek, Hottentots Holland Mountains, Villiersdorp and Genadendal. It is also known as the Cape fellwort.{{Cite web |title=Saltera sarcocolla {{!}} PlantZAfrica |url=http://pza.sanbi.org/saltera-sarcocolla |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214045913/http://pza.sanbi.org/saltera-sarcocolla |archive-date=2021-12-14 |access-date=2022-04-11 |website=pza.sanbi.org}}

It takes its name from a supposed resemblance to sarcocolla, the Asian source of Persian gum.