| Family | APOCYNACEAE |
| Genus species | Raphionacme galpinii Schltr. |
| Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 2 (1894) |
| Native Range | s. Mozambique to Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
| Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 10-2100m |
| Description | tuber to 18cm, leaves 3-7pairs, shortly petiolate, linear-lanceolate, conspicuosly softly pubescent, cymes very dense, subspherical, many flowered, corolla pubescent |
| Size | 8-35cm |
| Color | pale green |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Raphionacme elata N.E.Br. Raphionacme macrorrhiza Schltr. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |