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Swamp Chiron
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Swamp Chiron

Chironia palustris

Chironia palustris, the Transvaal chironia or cerise stars, is a plant that is part of the genus Chironia. The species is native to Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In South Africa, the plant occurs in all provinces.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 582177.