Aptosimum Or Karoo Violet Photographed In The Groot Karoo

Near Willowmore, Eastern Cape, SOUTH AFRICA

A sturdy plant growing in arid regions, spreading in carpet-like, flat bushes. Learn more about the Karoo Violet. Photographed by M.B. Steyn, near Willowmore.

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Carpets Of Karoo Violet Plants In Arid Regions

Sometimes called the Kankerbos, the Karoo Violet is a ground cover plant, which does not require much water. Growing in arid, desert-like conditions, the plant spreads like a carpet for up to a metre in diameter.

It can be found in Namibia, and large areas of South Africa, such as the Little, Great, and Upper Karoo areas. Other locations where the karoo violet can be found are the Great Escarpment, Bushmanland, and Namaqualand.

The plant consists of dense leaves, on short and long roots. During the summer and spring months the plant is covered in violet or dark blue coloured flowers that are shaped like a trumpet, though the flowers can appear at any time of the year.

Karoo violets also carry fruits, which are capsule-shaped and they remain on the plant after the seeds have been shed. This is where the plant gets its scientific name, Aptosimim, which is derived from Greek – A means not, while ptosimos means fall.

While the karoo violet is very beautiful and has great potential for being a garden plant in dry areas, very little horticultural research has been made for the plant.

It also has some medicinal uses, as it is used by local farmers to treat Krimpsiekte, an acute disease, mostly found in sheep and angora goats, that affects their muscles, joints, and stomach.

This Karoo Violet was photographed by M.B. Steyn, near Willowmore, in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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