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Beaufortia macrostemon

Beaufortia macrostemon
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Beaufortia macrostemon, the Darling Range beaufortia, is a low, multi-stemmed shrub from the Myrtle family, native to south-western Western Australia. It is grown in gardens mainly for its red flowers and needs good drainage and sun.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to occasional watering once established; avoid waterlogged soil.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or lateritic soil; sandy or gravelly mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but needs protection in hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate

About

Beaufortia macrostemon, commonly known as Darling Range beaufortia, is a species of plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It grows as a low shrub with multiple stems, hairy young leaves and three stamens in each stamen bundle.

Where it grows

Darling Range beaufortia usually grows in gravelly soil derived from laterite and is most common on and near the Darling Scarp in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Melaleuca plants

Kalbarri Beaufortia · Dark Beaufortia · Badgingarra Beaufortia · Beaufortia bracteosa · Beaufortia burbidgeae · Stirling Range Bottlebrush · Gravel Bottlebrush · Elegant Beaufortia · Beaufortia empetrifolia · Beaufortia eriocephala · Grey Leaved Beaufortia · Beaufortia interstans

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Beaufortia macrostemon 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.

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