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Archeria traversii

Archeria traversii
Photo: The original uploader was BCM NZ at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0

Archeria traversii is a New Zealand shrub in the heath family, found in the south of the South Island and Stewart Island, often growing as a twisted multi-trunked plant. It is grown mainly as a specialist plant in cool, mild gardens rather than as a common ornamental.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never waterlogged, using rainwater or soft water where possible.
Soil
Acidic, humus-rich, free-draining mix such as ericaceous compost with added leaf mould.
Temperature
8–22 °C; hardy to about -5 °C but protect from hard frost and hot dry spells.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
subtropical

About

Archeria traversii is a species of shrub in the family Ericaceae.

Where it grows

Archeria traversii is scattered locally across southern New Zealand (the South Island and Stewart Island), where it is endemic. It is notably absent from Marlborough and much of the eastern South Island.

Other Archeria plants

Archeria comberi · Archeria eriocarpa · Archeria hirtella · Archeria racemosa · Archeria serpyllifolia · Archeria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Archeria traversii 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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