| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Nenax microphylla (Sond.) Salter |
| Bibliography | J. S. African Bot. 3: 113 (1937) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Lesotho and Free State |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-2900m |
| Description | branchlets short, glabrous, spinose, leaves sessile, patent, verticillate, ovate, acute, carnose, abaxially carinate, flowers small, axillary, sessile, fruit spherical, red |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, 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 | Ambraria microphylla Sond., Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 3: 34 (1865) |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, OFS Free State) |