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Blepharis spiculifolia is a small shrub from the Acanthus family, endemic to the Socotra archipelago. It is a species of dry shrubland and grassland, so it suits a sunny, arid-style garden rather than a houseplant.
Blepharis spiculifolia is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to Socotra. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Blepharis spiculifolia 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.
