| Family | MOLLUGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Psammotropha marginata (Thunb.) Druce |
| Bibliography | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 642 (1917) |
| Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 50-100m |
| Description | stems filiform, very ramose, leaves minute, verticillate oval to elliptic, sometimes minutely mucronate, margins thickened, flowers sessile, crowded at nodes, minute |
| Size | 10-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Mollugo marginata Ser. Pharnaceum marginatum Thunb. Psammotropha parvifolia Eckl. & Zeyh. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |