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Azanza thespesioides

Azanza thespesioides
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0

Azanza thespesioides is a shrub in the mallow family (Malvaceae) native to northern Australia, growing 1 to 2 metres tall with yellow flowers that have dark red or purple centres. It is a species with few horticultural details documented, so care advice here is general guidance for a warm, seasonally dry tropical shrub.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Lesser Sunda Is. (Timor) to N. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Azanza thespedioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. The species is endemic to Australia, and is found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. It grows at elevations up to 380 meters in open forests and around thickets. The species was first described in 2016. In 2020, a new variety of the species, var. flaviflora was described. This variety is found in Western Australia, while the original var. thespesioides is found in the Northern Territory.

Other Thespesia plants

Azanza lampas · Thespesia cubensis · Azanza · Maga · Portia tree · Thespesia · Thespesia mossambicensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Azanza thespesioides 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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