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Aluta maisonneuvei
Desert heath myrtle is a dense, woody shrub from arid central Australia, growing 0.3 to 1.5 m tall with tiny leaves and small whitish-pink flowers in winter and spring. It needs full sun, very well-drained sandy soil and minimal water, which makes it suited to dry gardens rather than typical houseplant or lawn-edge care.
Aluta maisonneuvei commonly known as desert heath myrtle, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is woody shrub with small leaves and pink to whitish flowers and grows in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Desert Heath Myrtle grows on red sandplains, near sand dunes and yellow clayey soils in South Australia, Western Australian and the Northern Territory.
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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.
