English: Close-up of a leaf of a Christmas bride's bush (Pavetta gardeniifolia subsp. gardeniifolia) at Crocodile River Reserve, Gauteng. It was growing in undergrowth of a bush clump, with Karee (Searsia lancea) forming the canopy, in otherwise open grassland. This subspecies has glabrous leaves, and can be identified thereby. The species, like near relatives, has bacterial nodules in the leaves, which show up as scattered dark dots on the leaf blade when held up against the sun. The nodules contain a species specific bacterium (Burkholderia sp.). This Pavetta species does not have domatia like some near relatives, nor any pellucid gland dots that secrete volatile oils. Observed during an outing of the Tree Society of South Africa.