Orphium is a plant genus in the Gentian family (Gentianaceae), endemic to South Africa.

[1] The genus contains a single accepted species, Orphium frutescens, commonly known as the sea rose.

The corolla is a vibrant candy pink, or rarely white, setting off the vivid yellow anthers.

Orphium frutescens grows in the western coastal regions of Cape Province, South Africa.

The flowers do not release pollen unless they sense the vibrations of carpenter bees native to South Africa and so the plant will not produce seed without manual intervention when it is grown as an exotic.

This literally means "tuberculosis bush", suggesting that it has been used in folk medicine, but there is no mention of any such application in the major reference.