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White Lace Flower

Archidendron hendersonii

Also called Tulip Siris

White Lace Flower
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain

Archidendron hendersonii is a rare rainforest tree from eastern Australia, listed as vulnerable, grown mainly as a specimen tree in warm frost-free areas. It needs a warm, humid, frost-free climate and well-drained soil.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly during dry spells in the first few years, then reduce once established.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, fertile soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Archidendron hendersonii, the white lace flower or tulip siris, is a rainforest tree in eastern Australia. A rare plant, listed as vulnerable, it is named after J.A. Henderson, who collected the original specimen at Ballina.

It grows north from the Richmond River, New South Wales up to Cape Melville in tropical Queensland.

Other Archidendron plants

Archidendron bigeminum · Archidendron bubalinum · Archidendron clypearia subsp. subcoriaceum · Archidendron forbesii · Tulip Siris · Archidendron jiringa · Bacon Wood · Chinese Apes Earring · Scarlet bean · Archidendron microcarpum · Small Flower Laceflower · Archidendron pahangense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Archidendron hendersonii 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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