Botanical name

Acrosanthes teretifolia

Family

Aizoaceae

Common Name

Spekvygie
Acrosanthes teretifolia
Acrosanthes teretifolia
Acrosanthes teretifolia
Acrosanthes teretifolia
Acrosanthes teretifolia
Acrosanthes teretifolia

Description

Cryptic, sprawling, woody, widely branched perennial with fleshy cylindrical pointed leaves 10-20mm long. The solitary white flowers arise from the axils of the leaves, or in the forks between branches; the flowers have 5 sepals joined into a tube, no petals, more than 25 stamens fastened near the mouth of the tube; superior ovary is 2-chambered.

Greek: acros = at the end, at the top; anthos = a flower; referring to the solitary flower at end of the flowerstalk.

Habitat

Stony flats and slopes

Flower Date

October to February