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Karoo Gonna

Passerina comosa

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Passerina comosa is a shrub belonging to the genus Passerina. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Northern Cape and the Western Cape.

Other Passerina plants

Tufted Gonna · Passerina corymbosa · Berg Gonna · Christmas berry · Ridge Gonna · Outeniqua gonna · Baker's Gonna · Gooey Gonna · Brown Gonna · Limestone Gonna · False Heather · Brown gonna

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passerina comosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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