Citation: Donn ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 1:1186 (1798).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
The 2 stem leaves broad-ovate to rounded, connate into a large cup-like involucre; sepals 2-3 mm long; petals white or pink, 2-5 mm long.

Seeds orbicular, black, shiny, smooth, c. 1.5 mm diam.

Published illustration: Heywood (1978) Flowering plants of the world, p. 75.

Distribution:  Native to North America; naturalised in Vic. and possibly S.Aust.: SL. S.Aust.: SL. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: J. Black (1948) recorded this species from Horsnell Gully in the Mount Lofty Range. However, no herbarium specimens collected in S.Aust. have been located and so the occurrence of C. perfoliata in S.Aust. is in doubt.

Author: Not yet available