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Blanchetia heterotricha

Blanchetia heterotricha is a shrub in the daisy family, endemic to northeast Brazil, where it grows in seasonally dry tropical conditions. Sources give little cultivation detail, so care advice here is general and should be checked against local expertise before planting.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings, as it is adapted to seasonally dry climates.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
NE. Brazil
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Blanchetia heterotricha is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, endemic to Northeast Brazil. It was first described by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1836.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Blanchetia heterotricha 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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