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Biscutella rotgesii

Biscutella rotgesii
Photo: Cardioceras, CC BY 4.0

Biscutella rotgesii is a small Corsican subshrub in the cabbage family, found only on Corsica in Mediterranean scrub. It is rarely cultivated, so growing it requires full sun, very well-drained soil and dry conditions similar to its native habitat.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, gritty or stony mineral soil with low fertility.
Temperature
Mild Mediterranean conditions; protect from hard frost, below about -5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Corse
Climate
temperate

About

Biscutella rotgesii is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only in Corsica, France. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Biscutella rotgesii 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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