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Angianthus micropodioides

Angianthus micropodioides
Photo: Alexander N. Schmidt-Lebuhn, CC BY 3.0 au

Angianthus micropodioides is a small annual daisy-family herb native to the west of Western Australia, growing in saline sandy soils and claypans. It is grown only rarely and mainly by native plant enthusiasts, so the key to growing it is a sunny, free-draining, saline-tolerant site.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates dry, saline conditions once established.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining, mildly saline soil or a sandy mix.
Temperature
Mild Mediterranean-type conditions suit it; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Angianthus micropodioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is an erect or low-lying annual herb with linear or lance-shaped leaves, oval to broadly oval compound heads of 10 to 30 yellow-white flowers, and oval achenes with a scaly pappus.

Where it grows

This species of angianthus grows in saline, sandy soils on river edges, saline depressions and claypans in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions in the west of Western Australia.

Other Angianthus plants

Hook Leaf Angianthus · Angianthus brachypappus · Angianthus conocephalus · Angianthus cornutus · Coast Angianthus · Angianthus cyathifer · Angianthus drummondii · Angianthus glabratus · Angianthus globuliformis · Angianthus halophilus · Small Headed Angianthus · Cone Spike Angianthus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Angianthus micropodioides 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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