| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Lachnaea uniflora (L.) Crantz |
| Bibliography | Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 130 (1766) |
| Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 0-900m |
| Description | branchlets slender, glabrous, leaves opposite, acuminate, subacerose, carinate, glabrous, flowers solitary, calyx outside sericeous, lobes ovate-elliptic, acute, petals scaly |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Calysericos uniflora (L.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Cryptadenia ciliata (Thunb.) Meisn. Cryptadenia uniflora (L.) Meisn. Lachnaea ciliata (Thunb.) Crantz Passerina ciliata Thunb. Passerina uniflora L. Passerina uniflora var. angustifolia Burm.f. Passerina uniflora var. latifolia Burm.f. Passerina uniflora var. purpurea P.J.Bergius Steiroctis uniflora (L.) Raf. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |