Cypella fucata

Quick Characteristics:

Flower Colors:

orange, yellow

Cypella fucata Ravenna occurs in dry grassland and rocky places in southern Brazil, northeast Argentina and Uruguay. It grows 10-20 cm tall and has dusty orange flowers with the outer curvy tepals dark-veined. The inner segments are recurved and whitish. It flowers in summer (December to February). In 2004 Cypella osteniana Beauverd ssp. aurantiaca Roitman & J.A.Castillo was described as a new subspecies occurring in Argentina and Uruguay. In 2025 it is considered to be a synonym of Cypella fucata Ravenna. Photos by Germán Roitman.

Cypella fucata, syn. Cypella osteniana ssp. aurantiaca, Germán Roitman

The photo below, taken by Germán Roitman, shows Cypella osteniana and this species together.

Cypella fucata, Cypella osteniana, Germán Roitman

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