Scrophulariaceae

Carpet flower

Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud.

Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Aptosimum

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Carpet flower (Aptosimum procumbens) — FlowerPhoto: Andrew Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Brandblare, Brandbossie, Kankerbos, Karooviooltjie, Seeroogbossie
English: Carpet flower, Carpet plant, Karoo violet

Synonyms

Aptosimum depressum Burch. ex Benth.
Aptosimum depressum var. benthamii Harv.
Aptosimum procumbens var. procumbens
Ohlendorffia procumbens Lehm.
Ruellia depressa L.f.
Russelia depressa Walp.

Flowers

In flower: March to April, July to November (from 82 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Andrew Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Flowering plants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: kevin koen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: YvettevWijk, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Suvarna Parbhoo Mohan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.