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A wild plant by Magriet B, Inaturalist.org.


The flowers from Casabio.org.


And by Kevin Koen Inaturalist.org.


The fruits from Casabio.org.

Author: 

Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, 1798

Family: 

CAMPANULACEAE

Origin: 

Cape Provinces; South Africa

Soil: 

Sandy - Mix

Water: 

Medium

Sun: 

Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 

3 Centimetres

Height: 

3 Centimetres

Flower: 

Pink - Flesh-Coloured - Brown - Mauve

Propagate: 

Seeds

Names: 

Rampion-Flowered Cyphia

Synonyms: 

Lobelia phyteuma, L. 1753.
Lobelia nudicaulis,
Lam. 1792.
Cyphia serrata,
Spreng. 1820.
Cyphia phyteumifolia,
St.-Lag. 1880.

This member of the Campanulaceae family was given this name by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow in 1798. It is found in Cape Provinces; South Africa, growing in a well drained sandy or rocky soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to three centimetres in height. The flowers are whitish to brown or mauve.

The genera name from Cyphi an Egyptian perfuming powder, due to the scent of the flowers - OR: Greek. kyphos; 'bent'; referring to the shape of the style and stigma.
The species name from the Greek phyteuma; ‘that which is planted’


The habitat by Petra Broddle, Inaturalist.org.


The leaves by Petra Broddle, Inaturalist.org.