| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Peliostomum leucorrhizum E.Mey. ex Benth. |
| Bibliography | Edwards‘s Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1882 (1836) |
| Native Range | South Africa to Namibia |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 60-1500m |
| Description | subglabrous, leaves alternate, linear-obovate, obtuse, subsessile, rigid, carnose, 1-3cm, flowers pedicellate, axillary, 15-20mm long, calyx lobes linear-lanceolate |
| Size | 3-80cm |
| Color | deep purple, blue |
| 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, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Aptosimum leucorrhizum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) E.Phillips Aptosimum lugardiae (N.E.Br.) E.Philips Peliostomum leucorrhizum var. grandiflorum Hiern Peliostomum leucorrhizum var. linearifolium Emil Weber Peliostomum lugardiae N.E.Br. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |