Family GENTIANACEAE
Genus Chironia
Species palustris
SA Plant Number
Basionym Chironia palustris

Chironia palustris is a very hardy, deciduous, erect grassland plant that has dainty bluish-green leaves and stems and forms clumps from a woody rootstock. It bears soft pink star-shaped flowers along the stems in early summer which look marvellous in amongst shorter grasses. It grows in a normally irrigated bed as well as marshy areas where it is spectacular interplanted with other smaller wetland species. Plant in full sun.

Size: .8 to 1m

Landscaping: Beautiful flowering plant for grasslands and marshy plantings, where it thrives.

Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal Midlands

Growth Rate: Fast Growing, Evergreen or Deciduous: Deciduous , Hardiness - Frost: Frost Hardy, Plant Type: Groundcovers and Perennials, Position: Sun - Full, Soil: Loamy - Compost rich Soil, Garden Uses: Damp areas, Garden Uses: Local to Gauteng, Garden Uses: Small Gardens, Hardiness - Drought: Needs Watering, Flower colour: Pink shades, Garden type: Grassland Garden, Garden type: Rainwater Harvesting Garden, Garden type: Wetland and Marsh Gardens,

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