| Family | LAMIACEAE |
| Genus species | Acrotome hispida Benth. |
| Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 436 (1948) |
| Native Range | South Africa to Swaziland |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
| Altitude | 30-1800m |
| Description | densely hirsute, leaves shortly petiolate, obovate or ovate, obtuse, entire, whorls 2-4, remote, 6-10-flowered, bracts linear, calyx campanulate |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |