Quaqua ramosa

Quaqua ramosa, previously known as Caralluma ramosa, is a dwarf succulent growing a clump of erect, four-angled stems to heights around 30 cm.

The stems have four arrays of small, rounded tubercles on the stem ridges creating an uneven appearance. The stems are pale green, pale grey, brown or pale purplish.

The species distribution is in the Western Cape in parts of the southern Karoo from Laingsburg to Prince Albert, the western Little Karoo near Ladismith and south of the coastal mountains near Riversdale and Swellendam.

The plants grow in the open on stony slopes and flats in karoid conditions. The species is not considered to be threatened in its habitat early in the twenty first century (White and Sloane, 1937; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).