BRACHYSTELMA PULCHELLUM

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1895. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres, the branches from four to 20 centimetres length. The flowers are brown and pink.

The genera name from Greek; brachys meaning 'short', and stelma means 'crown, garland, wreath'; alluding to the short staminal corona of some species. The species name means 'pretty'. *)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Asclepiadaceae is now part of the Apocynaceae.