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Chironia stokoei

Chironia stokoei
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0

Chironia stokoei is a rare, small shrub or subshrub in the gentian family, endemic to the southwestern Cape of South Africa. It is seldom cultivated, so care advice is based mainly on related Chironia species.

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings, as it comes from a dry, fynbos-type habitat.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix with low fertility.
Temperature
12–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Chironia stokoei is a plant that is part of the genus Chironia. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Western Cape. The plant is considered rare.

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 stokoei 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.

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