Roridula gorgonias is an evergreen, shyly branching, upright shrub of up to about 1 m (3 ft) high, from the family Roridulaceae.

These are set with tentacles that secrete a sticky, shiny resin from the thicker gland at their tips, that catch many airborne items.

R. gorgonias is an endemic species home to the southwest of the Western Cape province of South Africa.

The leaves are crowded at the tip of the branches, the youngest upright, but the leaf base steadily bending down until eventually fully reflexed.

The upper surface of the leaves is covered with much smaller, shorter tentacles intermingled with white hairs.