| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Anthospermum comptonii Puff |
| Bibliography | Fl. S. Afr. 31(1; 2): 32 (1986) |
| Native Range | sw. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 1300-1800m |
| Description | leaves deccusate, 5-8mm, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, thick, glabrous, nitid, margins revolute, flowers subsessile, axillary, solitary or of two, corolla 4-merous |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | greenish yellow, purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| 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) |