Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud. is a plant in the Scrophulariaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud.

Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud.

Aptosimum procumbens (Karoo violet) is a Scrophulariaceae flowering plant first described by Lehmann, with its current name from Burchell and Steudel.

Genus
Aptosimum
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud.

Aptosimum procumbens, commonly called the Karoo violet, is a flowering plant species that is classified in the family Scrophulariaceae. Johann Georg Christian Lehmann first described this species, and William John Burchell and Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel established its current accepted scientific name: Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Scrophulariaceae Aptosimum

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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