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Argophyllum jagonis

Argophyllum jagonis
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, CC BY 4.0

Argophyllum jagonis is a shrub up to about 3 m tall from the Wet Tropics of Queensland, Australia, found along rainforest stream banks. It is a wild rainforest species rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for a shade-loving tropical understorey shrub.

Family
Argophyllaceae (Argophyll family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, as in its stream-side rainforest habitat, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil or a peaty potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Argophyllum jagonis is a species of plant in the family Argophyllaceae native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub to about 3 m (9.8 ft) tall which inhabits stream banks in rainforest in the area from Edmonton to Innisfail.

Other Argophyllum plants

Argophyllum cryptophlebum · Argophyllum curtum · Argophyllum ferrugineum · Argophyllum heterodontum · Argophyllum iridescens · Argophyllum laxum · Argophyllum lejourdanii · Argophyllum loxotrichum · Silver Leaf · Argophyllum palumense · Argophyllum verae · Argophyllum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Argophyllum jagonis 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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