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Axinaea merianiae is a shrub in the Melastomataceae (melastome) family, native to the Andes of Ecuador and Peru, growing in dry to high-elevation shrubland. It is rarely cultivated, so its care is not well documented; treat it as a cool-to-mild, bright-light shrub in a free-draining mix.
Axinaea merianiae is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Axinaea merianiae 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.
