| Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Psammotropha quadrangularis (L.f.) Fenzl |
| Bibliography | Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 2: 264 (1840) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 100-2200m |
| Description | leaves sessile, subulate, mucronulate or aristate, rigid, dense, 4-seriate, margins thickened, pedicels tipped with whorl of leaves, flowers minute, verticillate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | greenish white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mollugo quadrangularis (L.f.) Ser. Pharnaceum quadrangulare L.f. Psammotropha quadrangularis var. calcaratum Compton Psammotropha quadrangularis var. mucronata Fenzl Psammotropha quadrangularis var. subulifolia Fenzl |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |