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Chironia palustris
Also called Cerise stars, Cerise Chiron, Swamp Chiron
Chironia palustris is a small herbaceous plant from southern and eastern Africa, grown for its pink to cerise star-shaped flowers. It needs a sunny, moist to wet position and is typically grown outdoors in warm climates.
Chironia palustris, the Transvaal chironia or cerise stars, is a plant that is part of the genus Chironia. The species is native to Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, the plant occurs in all provinces.
Christmas berry · Chironia gratissima · Dwarf chironia · Coastal chironia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chironia palustris 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.
