Erepsia inclaudens

Erepsia inclaudens is a densely branched leaf succulent shrublet reaching 40 cm in height. It is one of the mesembs or vygies that do not close their flowers at night, n altydvygie (always mesemb). 

 a unique flower structure involving a hollow, concave ovary that forms a tube and makes the staminodes bend down and cover the stamens. The fruits are woody and lack closing bodies.

E. inclaudens has short three-sided leaves, triangular in cross-section, tapering to sharp points. The margins near the tips tend to be red or purple, maybe more so seasonally, with faint, whitish marginal ridges.

The species distribution is in the far southwest of the Western Cape, from the Cape Peninsula to Paarl and Bredasdorp and the Overberg.

The habitat is fynbos in sandstone rocky crevices. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Manning, 2007; Smith, et al, 1998; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).