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Bossiaea aquifolium
Water bush is a slender, holly-leaved shrub or small tree from southwest Australia that grows in forest understorey. It suits a sheltered spot with well-drained soil and little frost, and is drought tolerant once established.
Bossiaea aquifolium, commonly known as water bush, nedik or netic, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae and is endemic to Southwest Australia. It is a slender shrub or small tree with egg-shaped leaves arranged in opposite pairs and yellowish flowers arranged singly or in pairs on the ends of branchlets.
This species can be grown from seed and prefers a light to medium well-drained moist soil in a semi-protected position. It is drought resistant but susceptible to frost. Hot water treatment or scarification is recommended prior to planting.
Water bush grows in clay or loam soils over laterite or granite. It is a common understorey shrub in forested areas where jarrah and marri trees are found in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions. Subspecies aquifolium occurs from near Mundaring to near Margaret River and inland to Collie and Nannup, and subsp. laidlawiana from near Nannup and south to near Lake Muir.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bossiaea aquifolium 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.
