| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Chaenostoma hispidum (Thunb.) Benth. |
| Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 376 (1836) |
| Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-700m |
| Description | leaves opposite, elliptic, obovate or oblong, obtuse, cuneate, patent, subsessile, sparsely dentate, flowers 10-15mm, axillary, producing lax, terminal leafy raceme |
| Size | 10-40cm |
| Color | white, pale rose |
| 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 | Buchnera oppositifolia Steud. Chaenostoma cuneatum Benth. Lyperia cuneata (Benth.) Benth. Manulea hispida Thunb. Manulea oppositiflora Vent. Sutera brachiata Roth Sutera cuneata (Benth.) Kuntze Sutera hirta N.E.Br. Sutera hispida (Thunb.) Druce Sutera integrifolia var. parvifolia Hiern Sutera oppositifolia Roth ex Steud. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |