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A soft-wooded tree from Norfolk Island, growing up to about 9 m, now critically endangered in the wild. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice is limited and based mainly on general knowledge of tropical Amaranthaceae shrubs and trees.
Achyranthes arborescens (common names - Chaff tree, Soft-wood) is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family endemic to Norfolk Island. It is a critically endangered species under the Australian Federal government's Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
Achyranthes aspera var. sicula · Devil's horsewhip · Hawai'i chaff flower · Ox Knee · Japanese chaff flower · Achyranthes margaretarum · Blunt chaff flower · Maui chaff flower · Achyranthes talbotii · Chaff flower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Achyranthes arborescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
