| Family | APOCYNACEAE |
| Genus species | Raphionacme hirsuta (E.Mey.) R.A.Dyer |
| Bibliography | Fl. Pl. South Africa 22: t. 853 (1942) |
| Native Range | Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 5-2200m |
| Description | shortly adpressed pubescent, leaves petiolate, elliptic to orbiculate, acute, cymes laterally on nodes, 5-many flowered, subsessile, corolla campanulate |
| Size | 2-35cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Apoxyanthera pubescens Hochst. Brachystelma hirsutum E.Mey. Mafekingia parquetiana Baill. Raphionacme divaricata Harv. Raphionacme divaricata var. glabra N.E.Br. Raphionacme hirsuta var. glabra (N.E.Br.) R.A.Dyer Raphionacme obovata Turcz. Raphionacme pubescens (Hochst.) Hochst. Raphionacme purpurea Harv. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |