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Andersonia brevifolia

Andersonia brevifolia
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Andersonia brevifolia is a small, erect, many-branched shrub from south-western Western Australia, with tiny overlapping leaves and white or pink flowers. It is a wildflower of sandy and gravelly soils, so good drainage and full sun are the keys to growing it.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, free-draining, low-nutrient soil; acidic to neutral.
Temperature
Mild Mediterranean-type climate; tolerates roughly 5–35 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Andersonia brevifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves and white or pink flowers.

Where it grows

This species of Andersonia grows in sandy and gravelly soils in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Andersonia plants

Andersonia annelsii · Rice Flower · Andersonia auriculata · Andersonia axilliflora · Andersonia barbata · Andersonia bifida · Foxtails · Andersonia carinata · Andersonia echinocephala · Andersonia ferricola · Andersonia geniculata · Andersonia gracilis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Andersonia brevifolia 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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