| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Pteronia mucronata DC. trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Prodr. 5: 362 (1836) |
| Native Range | Botswana to Namibia and Free State |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 600-1800m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves opposite, at base connate, crowded, linear, carnose, obtuse, ciliate, capitula terminal, solitary, sessile, involucre oblong, viscid, phyllaries mucronate |
| Size | 15-90cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Pteronia dinteri S.Moore Pteronia mucronata ssp. dinteri (S.Moore) Merxm. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State) |