Huernia loeseneriana

Huernia loeseneriana is a branching stem succulent reaching clumps with heights around 5 cm.

The species distribution is in the Free State, North West, Gauteng and Mpumalanga. It is well-known around Pretoria and along the Magaliesberg, as well as near the Olifants River in Mpumalanga. It also grows in neighbouring states in the east of southern Africa.

The habitat is summer rainfall, rocky grassland, and on granite or dolerite outcrops. The plants are adapted to drought and temperature extremes. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Germishuizen and Fabian, 1982; Hardy and Fabian, 1992; White and Sloane, 1937; iNaturalist; Wikipedia; http://redlist.sanbi.org).