| Family | VERBENACEAE |
| Genus species | Chascanum schlechteri (Gürke) Moldenke |
| Bibliography | Phytologia 1: 18 (1933) |
| Native Range | Mozambique to Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
| Altitude | 100-700m |
| Description | a little ramose, leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, at base tapered, entire, scabrously pubescent, spike short, few flowered, tube of corolla very thin |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Bouchea schlechteri Gürke Chascanum schlechteri f. torrei (Moldenke) R.Fern. Chascanum schlechteri var. torrei Moldenke Plexipus schlechteri (Gürke) R.Fern. Plexipus schlechteri var. torrei (Moldenke) R.Fern. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |