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Small white chironia

Chironia albiflora

Also called Pondo chironia, Pondo gentian, Pondo Chiron

Small white chironia
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
subtropical

About

Chironia albiflora is a plant that is part of the genus Chironia. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs from Umtamvuna to the Magwa Falls in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape. The plant has a range of 470 km2. Five subpopulations are known.

Other Chironia plants

Chironia angolensis · Sandveld Chiron · Christmas berry · Chironia baumiana · Sprawling Chiron · Chironia elgonensis · Chironia erythraeoides · Chironia fernandesiana · Chironia flexuosa · Chironia gratissima · Chironia jasminoides · Chironia katangensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chironia albiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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