''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial

herb In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...

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 ''Cyananthus formusus'' is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is native to grassy slopes and forests of northwest Yunnan in China. In Mandarin the species is known as 美丽蓝钟花 (mei li lan zhong hua). ...

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Cyananthus cordifolius ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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Cyananthus cronquistii ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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Cyananthus delavayi ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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Cyananthus flavus ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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Cyananthus formosus ''Cyananthus formusus'' is a species of perennial flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is native to grassy slopes and forests of northwest Yunnan in China. In Mandarin the species is known as 美丽蓝钟花 (mei li lan zhong hua). ...

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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 ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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Cyananthus hookeri ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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Cyananthus incanus ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

'' syn. ''Cyananthus incanus'' var. ''leiocalyx'', ''Cyananthus leiocalyx'' **''C. incanus'' subsp. ''incanus'' **''C. incanus'' subsp. ''orientalis'' *''

Cyananthus inflatus ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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Cyananthus lichiangensis ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

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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 ...

'' *'' Cyanantbus longiflorus'' *''

Cyananthus macrocalyx ''Cyananthus macrocalyx'' is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. The species is native to central and western China, Nepal, Myanmar, and the Assam region of India. It is found in Alpine meadows and grassy slopes at elevations of 2,500 ...

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Cyananthus microphyllus ''Cyananthus microphyllus'', called the small-leaved bluebell-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Cyananthus'', native to the western Himalayas, Nepal, and Tibet. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden ...

'' syn. ''Cyananthus nepalensis'', ''Cyananthus linifolius'' **''C. microphyllus'' subsp. ''williamsonii'' *''

Cyananthus pedunculatus ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

'' syn. ''Cyananthus pedunculatus'' var. ''crenatus'' *''

Cyananthus spathifolius ''Cyananthus'' is a genus of flowering plants that consists of about 30 species of annual or mostly perennial herbs from high mountains of Central and East Asia. They are little Himalayan plants no higher than 4 in. The name comes from the Greek ...

References

Botanica Sistematica
Campanuloideae Campanulaceae genera Flora of China Flora of the Indian subcontinent {{Campanulaceae-stub