Dasispermum

Dasispermum are a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to coastal area of southern South Africa. Short-lived perennial or annuals, they are low-lying, often sprawling herbs with succulent or semi-succulent leaves, adapted to the dry, salty conditions of the littoral areas where they grow.^[3]

Dasispermum
Dasispermum suffruticosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Tordylieae
Genus:	Dasispermum Neck. ex Raf.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[2]
Heteroptilis E.Mey. ex Meisn. Phymatis E.Mey. Sonderina H.Wolff

Species

Currently accepted species include:

• Dasispermum capense (Lam.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
• Dasispermum grandicarpum Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
• Dasispermum hispidum (Thunb.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
• Dasispermum humile (Meisn.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
• Dasispermum perennans Magee & B.-E.van Wyk
• Dasispermum suffruticosum (P.J.Bergius) B.L.Burtt
• Dasispermum tenue (Sond.) Magee & B.-E.van Wyk