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Androcalva incilis

Androcalva incilis
Photo: Peter Crowcroft, CC BY 4.0

Androcalva incilis is a low, prostrate Western Australian shrub in the mallow family, forming mats of dark green leaves and deep pink flowers. It is a wild heath and woodland species endemic to the south-west of Western Australia, so it is rarely grown in gardens.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil.
Temperature
Suited to mild, subtropical to Mediterranean climates; tolerates light frost but may need protection in hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Androcalva incilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate shrub with dark green, narrowly wedge-shaped to narrowly oblong leaves, and crowded heads of 8 to 12 deep pink flowers.

Where it grows

This species mainly grows in heath and woodland between Tarin Rock, Dragon Rocks and Kukerin in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Androcalva plants

Androcalva adenothalia · Androcalva aphrix · Androcalva argentea · Androcalva beeronensis · Androcalva bivillosa · Androcalva crispa · Androcalva cuneata · Androcalva fragifolia · Androcalva fraseri · Androcalva gaudichaudii · Androcalva inglewoodensis · Androcalva johnsonii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androcalva incilis 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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