Barleria elegans (Common names: Eng.

: white bushveld barleria; Afr.

: wit bosviooltjie) is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae.

It is a spiny perennial herb or subshrub native to Angola and Namibia, and to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, and the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

[1] Two subspecies are accepted:[1] This Acanthaceae article is a stub.