Dasispermum

{{short description|Genus of Apiaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Dasispermum_suffruticosum_-_Flickr_-_Ragnhild_&_Neil_Crawford.jpg

|image_caption = Dasispermum suffruticosum

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|taxon = Dasispermum

|authority = Neck. ex Raf.Good Book: 56 (1840)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

• Heteroptilis E.Mey. ex Meisn.
• Phymatis E.Mey.
• Sonderina H.Wolff

|synonyms_ref ={{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20048-1 |title=Dasispermum Neck. ex Raf. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=14 July 2020 }}

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Dasispermum are a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to coastal area of southern South Africa. Short-lived perennial or annuals, they are low-lying, often sprawling herbs with succulent or semi-succulent leaves, adapted to the dry, salty conditions of the littoral areas where they grow.{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.sajb.2009.12.002 |title=A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Dasispermum (Apiaceae, Apioideae) |year=2010 |last1=Magee |first1=A.R. |last2=Van Wyk |first2=B.-E. |last3=Tilney |first3=P.M. |last4=Downie |first4=S.R. |journal=South African Journal of Botany |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=308–323 |doi-access=free }}