''Cyananthus'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s that consists of about 30 species of
annual or mostly
perennial
A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...
herb
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s from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek word for blue flowers. Leaves are usually small and simple, sometimes narrowing to base, tooth-lobed at summit. In August to September, the plants bear showy of bright purplish-blue, yellow or white, funnel to bell-shaped, 5-lobed flowers 1 in in diameter with stamens free from the corolla and hairy throat. The flowers are borne singly on stalks. They always lose the aerial parts during the coldest months, and as spring begins, stems and leaves quickly start to reproduce.
Species
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Cyananthus chungtienensis''
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Cyananthus cordifolius''
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Cyananthus cronquistii''
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Cyananthus delavayi''
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Cyananthus flavus''
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Cyananthus formosus''
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Cyananthus hayanus
''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of Annual plant, annual or mostly Perennial plant, perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. ...
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Cyananthus himalaicus''
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Cyananthus hookeri''
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Cyananthus incanus'' syn. ''Cyananthus incanus'' var. ''leiocalyx'', ''Cyananthus leiocalyx''
**''C. incanus'' subsp. ''incanus''
**''C. incanus'' subsp. ''orientalis''
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Cyananthus inflatus''
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Cyananthus lichiangensis''
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Cyananthus lobatus
''Cyananthus lobatus'', commonly known as the lobed-leaved cyananth or trailing bellflower, is an ornamental flowering plant of the family Campanulaceae.
Description
''Cyananthus lobatus'' is a perennial plant which grows into a low mat up t ...
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Cyanantbus longiflorus''
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Cyananthus macrocalyx''
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Cyananthus microphyllus'' syn. ''Cyananthus nepalensis'', ''Cyananthus linifolius''
**''C. microphyllus'' subsp. ''williamsonii''
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Cyananthus pedunculatus'' syn. ''Cyananthus pedunculatus'' var. ''crenatus''
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Cyananthus spathifolius''
References
Botanica Sistematica
Campanuloideae
Campanulaceae genera
Flora of China
Flora of the Indian subcontinent
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