Strigosella cabulica
African Adder's-Mouth
Strigosella africana
(L.) Botsch. Species
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- Botanical name
- Strigosella africana
- Also known as
- African Adder's-Mouth
- Family
- Brassicaceae
- Genus
- Strigosella
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow African Adder's-Mouth
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Strigosella africana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Cheiranthus scaber
Cheiranthus taraxacifolius
Crucifera africana
Erysimum polyceratum
Fedtschenkoa africana
Fedtschenkoa taraxacifolia
Hesperis africana
Hesperis hispida
Hesperis jasa
Hesperis laxa
Hesperis pachypodium
Malcolmia africana
Malcolmia africana var. africana
Malcolmia africana var. divaricata
Malcolmia africana var. gracilis
Malcolmia calycina
Malcolmia divaricata
Malcolmia laxa
Malcolmia taraxacifolia
Strigosella africana var. laxa
Strigosella laxa
Wilckia africana
Others in Strigosella
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