| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Aptosimum tragacanthoides E.Mey. ex Benth |
| Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1882 (1836) |
| Native Range | n. Cape Prov. to sw. Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 200-600m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves linear-spathulate, shortly acuminate or mucronate, sessile, abaxially with distinct midrib, flowers solitary, 2-3cm long, calyx lobes lobes acuminate |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| 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 |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |