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Adenanthos apiculatus

Adenanthos apiculatus
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0

Adenanthos apiculatus is a shrub from the Protea family native to the south coast of Western Australia, known from very few recorded occurrences. It is rarely cultivated, so grow it in sandy, well-drained soil with good air movement, as is typical for Western Australian Proteaceae.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and avoid waterlogging; these plants dislike wet feet.
Soil
Acidic, sandy, free-draining soil; avoid phosphorus-rich fertilisers.
Temperature
Mild temperate to subtropical conditions; frost tolerance is uncertain, so protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Adenanthos apiculatus is a shrub of the family Proteaceae, native to the south coast of Western Australia. Within the genus Adenanthos, it lies in the section Adenanthos and has had only 29 records of occurrence.

Other Adenanthos plants

Bridlebush · Adenanthos drummondii · Jugflower · Coastal Woollybush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Adenanthos apiculatus 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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