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Anigozanthos onycis
Branched catspaw is a short-lived, fire-dependent perennial from sandy heathland in southwest Western Australia, grown mainly by enthusiasts and botanic gardens. It needs well-drained sandy soil and a fire-type cycle, and it is rarely cultivated, so care advice is limited.
Anigozanthos onycis, the branched catspaw, is a rarely seen plant found in Southwest Australia.
The known distribution range is restricted to a semi-arid area near the south coast of Western Australia, within the Southwest Australia bioregion known as the Esperance Plains. Anigozanthos onycis was described from specimens obtained in sandy heathland between the Stirling Range and Green Range outcrops. It as relatively rare, occurring over a widespread range between the Murchison River and Albany, and extending to Bremer Bay in the east. The species was later found in the Fitzgerald River National Park, emerging after a large bushfire in 1989 and disappearing again in 1991.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anigozanthos onycis 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.
