| Family | APOCYNACEAE |
| Genus species | Raphionacme velutina Schltr. |
| Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 12 (1895) |
| Native Range | South Tropical Africa to n. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 800-1600m |
| Description | stems minutely pubescent, leaves patent, petiolate, linear acute, adaxially glabrous, abaxially puberulent, cymes lateral, sessile, many flowered, corolla outside pubescent |
| Size | 8-20cm |
| Color | green |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Brachystelma viridiflorum Turrill Raphionacme burkei N.E.Br. Raphionacme dinteri Schltr. ex Schinz |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ANG Angola, ZAM Zambia, ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |