Conandron

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 Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Subfamily: Didymocarpoideae
Genus: Conandron
Siebold & Zucc.
Species

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Species

Conandron minor
Conandron ramondiodes
Conandron rhynchotechioides

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