Coleonema [SEP] parent taxon
Coleonema
Coleonema is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. The eight known species are all from the western Cape Province of South Africa. In Australia, where they are cultivated as garden ornamentals, they are often referred to as Diosma.
Species include:
- "Coleonema album" Cape May, white confetti bush, aasbossie, klipboegoe
- "Coleonema aspalathoides" , confetti bush
- "Coleonema calycinum" confetti bush, broom buchu, boegoe
- "Coleonema pulchellum" confetti bush, buchu
Coleonema pulchellum
Coleonema pulchellum, commonly known as confetti bush, buchu, diosma or breath of heaven, is a shrub which is endemic to South Africa. It grows to between high. Single pink flowers to about in diameter appear between May and October in the species native range.
The species was formally described in 1981 in the "Journal of South African Botany". Prior to this, plants in cultivation had been erroneously identified as "Coleonema pulchrum".
The species is naturalised in Victoria, Australia.