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Acrotome thorncroftii
Barberton horsefright is a small perennial herb in the mint family, native to southern Africa. Little is documented about its cultivation, so it is rarely grown outside its natural range and care advice here is general.
Acrotome thorncroftii, the Barberton horsefright, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is found from southern Mozambique to South Africa. It was first published in 1910.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acrotome thorncroftii 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.
