It can also be found in Gauteng and the adjoining areas of Free State and the North West Province.

As an ornamental plant, it is widespread today in the tropics and subtropics (including the Mediterranean region).

It is believed that the Plumbago species living today are very similar to the first ancestors of Drosera and other carnivorous plants.

[10] Many secondary metabolites have been discovered and isolated from Plumbago auriculata such as plumbagin and palmitic acids.

The species[2] and the white-flowered form P. auriculata f. alba[12] have both gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.