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Acrosanthes anceps is a small, trailing succulent subshrub from the Western and Northern Cape of South Africa, reaching about 10 cm high. It needs bright, dry conditions and very well-drained soil, and should be kept fairly dry in cultivation.
Acrosanthes anceps is a species of plant from South Africa.
This species is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape of South Africa. It grows on stony sandstone slopes between Piketberg, Clanwilliam and Goudini.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acrosanthes anceps by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
