Pavetta gardeniifolia, commonly the Christmas bride's bush or common bride's bush, is a shrub or small tree reaching heights around 1,5 m to 3 m, sometimes 5 m (SA Tree List No. 716).

It grows in woodland or on rocky outcrops in many parts of inland southern Africa, laden with clusters of small white or cream flowers around year-end. Its leaves are opposite or clustered on dwarf twigs on stalks of about 3 mm (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Pooley, 1993).