Canarina abyssinica is a dull grey-green plant with fleshy rootstock and triangular, ovate leaves. Its pendulous, solitary flowers 5–6 cm long are orange-red with a five lobed calyx and a large corolla that is tubular or bell-shaped.

Canarina abyssinica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Canarina
Species:
C. abyssinica
Binomial name
Canarina abyssinica
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Canarina abyssinica var. umbrosa Engl.

Distribution

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An uncommon species found in wet forests at altitudes of 1620–2130 m, especially in western and central Kenya; Arusha in Tanzania; Mbale in Uganda; also in Ethiopia and South Sudan.

References

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  1. ^ "Canarina abyssinica Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. ^ "Canarina abyssinica Engl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

Collins Guide to the Wildflowers of East Africa by Sir Michael Blundell, 1987. ISBN 0-00-219812-6