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Chironia peduncularis

Chironia peduncularis
Photo: Gebrüder Hahn.; Wendland, Johann Christoph, Public domain

Chironia peduncularis is a small South African shrub in the gentian family, native to the Eastern Cape. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited and mostly based on general knowledge of related Chironia species.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Chironia peduncularis is a plant that is part of the genus Chironia. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Eastern Cape.

Other Chironia plants

Small white chironia · Chironia angolensis · Sandveld Chiron · Christmas berry · Chironia baumiana · Sprawling Chiron · Chironia elgonensis · Chironia erythraeoides · Chironia fernandesiana · Chironia flexuosa · Chironia gratissima · Chironia jasminoides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chironia peduncularis 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.

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