Anacampseros filamentosa subsp. filamentosa

Anacampseros filamentosa subsp. filamentosa, one of the Anacampseros plants commonly known in Afrikaans as haaskos (hare or rabbit food), is a perennial, dwarf, leaf succulent that grows short, creeping branches into a leafy mat. Besides A. filamentosa subsp. filamentosa there are two further recognised subspecies, viz. subsp. namaquensis and subsp. tomentosa (as if the other two are not woolly enough).

The leaf-shape is triangular and thickly succulent. The leaves are densely covered in white woolly hairs. Brown leaf colour shows through the hairs.

The subspecies distribution is widespread in the central parts of South Africa, in the Northern Cape, North West, the western Free State and the inland Karoo part of the Eastern Cape.

The habitat is karoid scrub, Nama Karoo, grassland and thornveld. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Smith, et al, 1997; iNaturalist; https://redlist.sanbi.org).