Ngesintfu sisetjentiswa ngema Khoi kantsi nebahlali bakucala base kapa bafaka kulapha sisu njengekukhulisa simo kanye nendlela yekuphumula. Kwaphindze kwacatjangwa kutsi isita kukhulisa tinwele, kubulala kutsatseka kanye nekususa/kuhambisa imimoya/imicondvo lemibi.
Kufana ne rosemary, iCape snowbush inekusebenta lokujabulisako phindze isebenta njengendlela yekunciphisa kucindzeteleka, phindze kukhulula imizwa yetinkinga, kutfuka kanye nekukwata/kukhubeka.
Lo oyili ukhulula buhlungu lobutsite (kumamasela, kuphefumula kalukhuni, kugaya esiswini) futsi iyasebenta kumisa kuphuma kwengati. Indlela yekuvikela kwayo nekuhambisa sifo ivikela lomtimba kutsi ingatseleleki. Iyasetjentiswa njenge kunciphisa lizinga lemchamo (kucosha ingoti emtimbeni), kulapha kukhwehlela kane nemikhuhlane kane nekupholisa inhloko lebuhlungu. Ngekushikisha lamacembe, lesihlahla sinika liphunga Lelisa camphor lelisha.
Ilinywa/ikhuliswa kakhulu eNamaqualand, Western nase Eastern Cape. Lamacembe esiliva asita kukhombisa lilanga, anciphise lizinga lesimo kumacembe nasekuphefumuleni. Lena nguyinye yetindlela lesihlahla lesitfola kubamba emanti ngayo nasikhula etimeni letomile. Le Eriocephalus icolela lilanga leligcwele kanye nemhlabatsi losefeke kahle.