| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Aptosimum spinescens (Thunb.) Emil Weber |
| Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 21(2): 18 (1907) |
| Native Range | Namibia to Free State |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 170-2000m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves subulate or linear, rigid, tipped with spine, adaxially deep green, sessile, flowers solitary, 20-35mm long, calyx strigose, lobes unequal, corolla tubular |
| Size | 3-70cm |
| Color | blue, violet |
| 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 | Aptosimum abietinum Burch. ex Benth. Aptosimum laricinum Dinter Aptosimum laricinum var. spinosior Dinter Aptosimum scaberrimum Schinz Aptosimum scaberrimum var. glabrum Emil Weber & Schinz Aptosimum scaberrimum var. tenuifolium Emil Weber Aptosimum steingroeveri Engl. Aptosimum steingroeveri var. glabrum Emil Weber & Schinz Ruellia spinescens Thunb. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State) |