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Corymbium
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<p><i>Corymbium</i> is a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of flowering plants in the <a href="/facts/Asteraceae/bouc6v8C">daisy family</a> comprising nine species. It is the only genus in the subfamily Corymbioideae and the tribe Corymbieae. The species have leaves with parallel veins, strongly reminiscent of monocots, in a rosette and compounded inflorescences may be compact or loosely composed <a href="/facts/Raceme/lXl4udlJ">racemes</a>, <a href="/facts/Panicle/wG4oIXQU">panicles</a> or <a href="/facts/Corymb/IERjACuJ">corymbs</a>. Remarkable for species in the daisy family, each flower head contains just one, bisexual, mauve, pink or white disc floret within a sheath consisting of just two large involucral bracts. The species are all <a href="/facts/Endemism/xt4IpIsl">endemic</a> to the <a href="/facts/Cape_Floristic_Region/q1cYgUyK">Cape Floristic Region</a> of <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>, where they are known as plampers. </p>