| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Hebenstretia cordata L. |
| Bibliography | Mant. Pl. 2: 420 (1771) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-20m |
| Description | very ramose, branchlets minutely hirsute, leaves numerous, imbricate, dense, cordate-ovate, obtuse, carnose, 2-6mm, spikes oblong, 3-5cm, very dense, corolla 8-10mm |
| Size | 15-40cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Polycenia cordata (L.) E.Mey. Polycenia dregei Gand. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |