Seeds of wild populations are dispersed by ant species. The use of ants as dispersers limits the amount of parent-offspring and sibling-sibling competition. Ants also are helpful in dispersion as they reduce the susceptibility of seeds to other herbivores. "A. linearis" is not found to be significantly pollinated by Cape honey bee’s like many other Fynbos plants suggesting an alternative way of primary pollination. It is likely that wasps play an important role in pollinating the flowers and some species are thought to be specially adapted to accessing the "A. linearis" flower.