About Anacampseros lanceolata (Haw.) Sweet
Anacampseros lanceolata has branching stems that grow to around 8 cm tall. Its leaves are smooth and hairless, tapering to a point, 2–3 cm long, with flat upper surfaces and acute-lanceolate tips. This species grows a relatively small number of long bristly axillary hairs, located between its leaves. In the nominate subspecies A. lanceolata subsp. lanceolata, these bristles are shorter than the leaves, while in A. lanceolata subsp. nebrownii the bristles are longer than the leaves. Its inflorescence is branched, each flower has broadly ovate petals and 30 to 45 stamens, and the plant produces angular seeds. Flower petals are pink or white. This species has an extensive but narrow distribution along the western part of South Africa, stretching from the Namibian border, through Namaqualand and the western Great Karoo, south to the Worcester area in the Robertson Karoo. Subspecies nebrownii is found in the southern Overberg region, ranging from Bredasdorp in the west to Uniondale in the east. Among Anacampseros species native to this South African region, Anacampseros lanceolata typically favors relatively less arid areas, and is most often found growing in Fynbos or Renosterveld vegetation. In more arid habitats of the region, this species is usually replaced by its close relative Anacampseros retusa.
