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Aria porrigentiformis is a rare whitebeam shrub or small tree, about 5 m tall, native only to England and Wales. It needs full light on shallow, lime-rich soils and is best left in the wild rather than grown in gardens.
Aria porrigentiformis, commonly known as the grey-leafed whitebeam, is a species of whitebeam endemic to England and Wales.
Aria porrigentiformis is a light demanding species, growing in abandoned quarries, scrubby hills, and grassland on shallow, usually calcareous soils. Populations are restricted to South Wales, Devon and Somerset, and there are fewer than one thousand individuals in total.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aria porrigentiformis 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.
