| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud. |
| Bibliography | Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 114 (1840) |
| Native Range | Botswana to South Africa and Lesotho |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 150-2750m |
| Description | stems procumbent, leaves shiny, narrowly spathulate, long petiolate, corolla large, sessile, inside whitish |
| Size | 1-3cm |
| Color | bright blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aptosimum depressum (L.f.) Burch. ex Benth. Aptosimum depressum var. benthamii Harv. Ohlendorffia procumbens Lehm. Ruellia depressa L.f. Russelia depressa Walp. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |