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Recherche Astartea

Astartea scoparia

Recherche Astartea
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Recherche Astartea is a small native shrub from south-western Western Australia, growing to about 1.8 m with white flowers. It is grown in sandy, well-drained soil in a sunny spot.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or loamy, free-draining soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
10-30 °C; tolerates mild frost once established
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Astartea scoparia, commonly known as common astartea, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) and produces white flowers.

Other Astartea plants

West Coast Astartea · Minute Astartea · Astartea aspera · Astartea astarteoides · Astartea cicatricosa · Recherche Astartea · Barrens Astartea · Astartea eobalta · Recherche Astartea · Early Astartea · Astartea granitica · Recherche Astartea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Astartea scoparia 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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