Raphionacme lanceolata

It is a wonderful African herbaceous plant, consisting of a woody and roundish-like caudex that usually does not exceed the 15 cm of diameter. It tends at the apex to taper, to give space to the main stem, slender and ramified, from which emerges the foliage: of a nice lively green, the leaves develop in opposite ways regarding the stem. They are covered by delicate and symmetrical veins and their lanceolate shape gives the name to the whole species. The epidermis is pleasantly velvety and contrasts nicely with the delicate 5-pointed flowers that bloom on the notes of a very characteristic bluish-purple!