| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Peliostomum viscosum E.Mey. ex Benth. |
| Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1882 (1836) |
| Native Range | nw. Cape Prov. to s. Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 300-800m |
| Description | leaves alternate, oval or obovate, obtuse, subsessile, subcarnose, viscid-strigose, flowers axillary, subsessile, solitary, 15-20mm long, calyx viscid |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | purple |
| 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 |
| Synonyms | Aptosimum viscosum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) E.Phillips |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |