Cycnium adonense
Cycnium adonense
- Native to:
- Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burundi | Cameroon | Central African Republic | Chad | Congo | DR Congo | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Gabon | Ghana | Guinea | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Malawi | Mali | Mozambique | Namibia | Nigeria | Rwanda | Sierra Leone | South Africa | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Togo | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Orobanchaceae
- Genus:
- Cycnium
- Species:
- Cycnium adonense
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Geophyte
- Height:
- 60 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Medium
- Bloom Months:
- jun,jul,aug,sep
- Bloom Colors:
- white, pink, purple
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Grassland species that tolerates periodic fire typical of African savannas and likely resprouts from rootstock after burning.