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Cipura campanulata

Cipura campanulata
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0

Cipura campanulata is a bulbous wildflower from the Iris family found across the American tropics, from Mexico to Brazil. It grows from a bulb and is best kept moist during its growing season, with a rest period when the leaves die back.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the soil dry out somewhat while the plant is dormant.
Soil
Well-drained, moisture-retentive soil or a loam-based mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico to Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cipura campanulata, with no commonly used English name, is an attractive species of wildflower in the American tropics. It belongs to the family Iridaceae.

Where it grows

Cipura campanulata is widely distributed in Mexico, the Greater Antilles, Central America, and in South America south to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Peru.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cipura campanulata 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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