Aptosimum procumbens

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| image = Karoo Violets (Aptosimum procumbens) (32626217642).jpg

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| genus = Aptosimum

| species = procumbens

| authority = (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud.

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| synonyms = {{species list |Ohlendorffia procumbens |Lehm.

|Calophanes depressus |(L.f.) T.Anderson

|Ruellia depressa |L.f.

|Russelia depressa |Walp.

|Aptosimum depressum |Burch. ex Benth.

|Aptosimum depressum var. benthamii |Harv.}}

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Aptosimum procumbens, the Karoo violet, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:799386-1 |title= Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=June 18, 2025}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/FZ8T |title= Aptosimum procumbens (Lehm.) Burch. ex Steud. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 18, 2025}}https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1043-25 It was first described by Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, and given the exact name by William John Burchell and Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel.https://pza.sanbi.org/aptosimum-procumbens