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Cynanchica lilaciflora

Cynanchica lilaciflora
Photo: ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0

Cynanchica lilaciflora is a small, low-growing subshrub in the coffee family, native to the eastern Aegean islands and Türkiye. It is a rarely grown plant, so care guidance follows general practice for dry-summer Mediterranean subshrubs: sharp drainage, full sun and little water.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid wet roots.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or sandy mix with some lime or grit.
Temperature
Hardy to around -10 °C once established; protect from prolonged wet cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Aegean Is. to Türkiye
Climate
temperate

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Cynanchica lilaciflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a subshrub native to Turkey and to Greece's east Aegean islands.

Other Cynanchica plants

Cynanchica abchasica · Cynanchica accrescens · Cynanchica aristata · Cynanchica breviflora · Cynanchica pyrenaica · Cynanchica mungieri · Cynanchica naufraga · Cynanchica rupicola · Cynanchica abbreviata · Cynanchica affinis · Cynanchica gussonei · Cynanchica nitida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cynanchica lilaciflora 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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