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Batis argillicola

Batis argillicola
Photo: coenobita,保留部分权利(CC BY), CC BY 4.0

Batis argillicola is a small succulent shrub from coastal tidal flats and clay pans in southern New Guinea and northern Australia, growing 20 to 70 cm tall. It is a salt-tolerant plant of saline mud, rarely grown in gardens, so it needs a sunny, wet-tropical or saline-soil setting to thrive.

Family
Bataceae (Bat family)
Grows as
Shrub, Succulent
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil moist to wet, as it naturally grows on tidal flats; water well in the growing season.
Soil
Heavy clay or saline mud, mimicking tidal clay pans.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 20–35 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. New Guinea to N. Australia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Batis argillicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Bataceae, native to southern New Guinea and northern Australia. It is a monoecious succulent shrub from 20 to 70 cm (8 to 28 in) tall, typically found in tidal flats and clay pans.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Batis argillicola 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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