Chascanum laetum
Chascanum laetum
- Native to:
- Burkina | Chad | Djibouti | Eritrea | Ethiopia | Kenya | Mali | Niger | Somalia | South Sudan | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Yemen
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Verbenaceae
- Genus:
- Chascanum
- Species:
- Chascanum laetum
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Subshrub
- Height:
- 60 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- High
- Bloom Months:
- jan,feb,mar,oct,nov,dec
- Bloom Colors:
- white, cream
- Landscaping Shrub:
- Yes
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- bees, butterflies
- Deer Resistant:
- Yes
- Fragrant:
- Yes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Common in fire-prone grassland ecosystems; resprouts from root crown after fire disturbance.
Source: Claude claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929 Batch