Cyphia stenopetala

Cyphia stenopetala, sometimes called the highveld baroe, is a perennial growing from a thick, tuberous rootstock. The stems are somewhat erect, but also twining. The generic name, Cyphia, is derived from the Greek word kyphos meaning curved. The specific name, stenopetala, also Greek, means having narrow petals.

The simple leaves are alternate, stalkless or with very short-stalked and shaped almost linear to lanceolate. The margins are toothed, the blades hairless. The leaves tend to be concentrated at the base of the plant, those higher up smaller.

The species distribution is in Gauteng, North West, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and the Free State, as well as in some neighbouring countries.

The habitat is grassland, often where it is rocky. The habitat population is deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Van Wyk and Malan, 1997; Fabian and Germishuizen, 1982; iNaturalist; JSTOR).