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Chironia linoides

Chironia linoides
Common names: Cape centaury, bitterwortel (Afrikaans)
Family: Gentianaceae

... Walt Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2003 Chironia linoides is a low, shrubby perennial that grows ... bright pink, pure white forms do occasionally occur. Chironia linoides occurs naturally throughout the winter ... the sea rose Orphium frutescens and the Christmas berry Chironia baccifera that both grow wild in the Cape and ...

13 / 01 / 2003 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chironia laxa

Chronia laxa
Common names: Cape centaury, wild centaury (Eng.); bitterwortel (Afr.)
Family: Gentianaceae

... in southern KwaZulu-Natal. Like all other species of Chironia and its relative Orphium frutescens , Chironia laxa is pollinated by carpenter bees ( Xylocopa ... to produce) to insects that don’t do any pollination. Chironia Chironia laxa is very easy to grow and can be ...

07 / 03 / 2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chironia krebsii

Chironia krebsii (Nick Helme)
Common names: Kreb’s chironia (Eng.); khomoeasephatla, mamorolane, mosia (Sesotho); umanqunduswazi, umbangwangwa (isiZulu)
Family: Gentianaceae

... 0.35 mm in diameter. The time of flowering is summer. Chironia krebsii grows in the mist belt along the whole ... are very attractive to bees, but this, and all species of Chironia , are pollinated by carpenter bees, Xylocopa caffra ... buzz at the correct frequency, they get no pollen reward. Chironia Chironia krebsii , like all the other Chironia ...

20 / 11 / 2017 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chironia baccifera

Christmas berries ripening
Common names: Christmas berry (Eng.); aambeibossie, bitterbossie (Afr.)
Family: Gentianaceae

... in the shade of other plants, it and can withstand wind. Chironia This fast-growing, ornamental shrub looks stunning ... well. Treat seedlings with a liquid fertilizer. The name Chironia refers to this plant's medicinal attributes. It is ... name aambeibessie refers to its use as a remedy for piles. Chironia is an African genus of approximately 30 species of ...

05 / 04 / 2004 | Berenice Carolus | Harold Porter NBG
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