| Family | CAMPANULACEAE |
| Genus species | Cyphia phyteuma (L.) Willd. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 953 (1798) |
| Native Range | w. Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 100-500m |
| Description | leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, remotely denticulate, tapered to short petiole, hirsute or glabrous, scape simple, glabrous or hirsute, flowers in spike, corolla bilabiate |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | rose, whitish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-24°C division of tubers in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cyphia phyteuma var. ciliata E.Wimm. Cyphia phyteuma var. grandidentata E.Wimm. Cyphia phyteumifolia St.-Lag. Cyphia serrata Spreng. Lobelia nudicaulis Lam. Lobelia phyteuma L. Rapuntium phyteuma (L.) Chaz. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |