Conandron is a genus that consists of 3 species of small ornamental alpine perennials, native to Japan and Taiwan. The botanical names comes from the Greek, meaning "cone-shaped anther". These plants are almost stemless herb with radical glabrous rugose, thick winkled leaves in flat tuffs leaves some 6in long. Erect flowering stems emerge from the ground bearing numerous pretty, lilac and white, star-shaped blossoms with bright purple at center in summer.
Conandron | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Conandron ramondioides | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Gesneriaceae |
Subfamily: | Didymocarpoideae |
Genus: | Conandron Siebold & Zucc. |
Species | |
See text |
According to POWO, the genus has only one species, Conandron ramondioides.[1]
Species
editConandron minor
Conandron ramondiodes
Conandron rhynchotechioides
References
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Conandron.
- ^ "Conandron Siebold & Zucc. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-07-10.