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Canscora perfoliata is a small annual herb from the Western Ghats of India, named for its upper leaves that the stem pierces through. It is rarely grown in cultivation, and care advice draws on its wild, seasonally dry habitat.
Canscora perfoliata, the pierced leaf canscora, is a herbaceous species of plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Canscora perfoliata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
