Trachyandra asperata is 'n meerjarige plant wat tot die genus Trachyandra behoort. Die plant is inheems aan die Suid-Afrika, Lesotho en Eswatini. Daar is sewe subspesies: Trachyandra asperata var. asperata Trachyandra asperata var. basutoensis (Poelln.) Oberm. Trachyandra asperata var. carolinensis Oberm. Trachyandra asperata var. macowanii (Baker) Oberm. Trachyandra asperata var. nataglencoensis (Kuntze) Oberm. Trachyandra asperata var. stenophylla (Baker) Oberm. Trachyandra asperata var. swaziensis Oberm. http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=2203-6 http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:542372-1