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Acrotriche lancifolia

Acrotriche lancifolia is an erect, widely branched shrub from south-western Western Australia, growing to about 1.5 m, found on rocky granite or laterite soils. It is a native wildflower shrub best suited to a free-draining, sunny spot.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates shallow, rocky ground.
Temperature
Mild to warm climate; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Acrotriche lancifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, widely branching shrub, with usually narrowly egg-shaped, sharply-pointed leaves, green or yellowish-green, tube-shaped flowers, and flattened spherical drupes.

Where it grows

This species grows on granite or laterite breakaways in shallow, rocky soil in open woodland and shrubland between Kondinin, Lake King and the Great Eastern Highway in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Acrotriche plants

Prickly Honey Pots · Ground Berry · Acrotriche baileyana · Coast Ground Berry · Australian Native Currant · Acrotriche divaricata · Acrotriche dura · Mount Lofty Ground Berry · Acrotriche halmaturina · Tall Acrotriche · Acrotriche orbicularis · Acrotriche parviflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acrotriche lancifolia 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.

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