Peliostomum leucorrhizum
| Peliostomum leucorrhizum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Peliostomum |
| Species: | P. leucorrhizum
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| Binomial name | |
| Peliostomum leucorrhizum E. Mey. ex Benth., 1836
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Peliostomum leucorrhizum, the veld violet, is a perennial herb native to Southern Africa.[1] It is a much-branched, rigid plant that can grow up to 250 mm high, though it is sometimes prostrate.[2]