This soft wooded perennial forms rosettes with a short erect branched stem. The fleshy rounded dark green leaves may have white veins and the tube-shaped white flowers appear in clusters from spring or autumn.

Hardiness zones 10 to 12 

Chirita sinensis is naturally found from the Himalayas to China and Hong Kong growing in humid shaded tropical regions in well drained organic rich moist soils with wind, frost and drought protection.

This evergreen perennial is grown for its attractive foliage and is commonly used as a container plant. It is also planted in tropical settings in the understory or grown as a glasshouse specimen in cool climates. It establishes from cuttings in 1 to 2 years and is suitable as a house-plant or planted around a water feature. ID 1818

Chirita (SHE-ri-ta) sinensis (cin’en-sis)

Gesneriaceae (ges-ner-ee-AY-see-ee)
African Violets and Gloxinias