| Family | SCROPHULARIACEAE |
| Genus species | Chaenostoma halimifolium Benth. |
| Bibliography | Compan. Bot. Mag. 1: 375 (1836) |
| Native Range | Namibia to Free State |
| Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1000-1900m |
| Description | leaves opposite, elliptic to oblong, obtuse, sessile, glabrous, subentire, thick, flowers numerous in lax, terminal raceme, calyx glandular, corolla infundibuliform |
| Size | 5-35cm |
| Color | rose, lilac |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Chaenostoma laxiflorum Benth. Chaenostoma pumilum Benth. Manuela halimifolia (Benth.) Kuntze Manulea oppositifolia var. angustifolia Kuntze Sphenandra cinerea Engl. Sutera halimifolia (Benth.) Kuntze Sutera laxiflora (Benth.) Kuntze Sutera pumila (Benth.) Kuntze |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia, OFS Free State) |