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Brachyloma preissii, globe heath, is a dense, low shrub from south-western Western Australia with red or pinkish-red tubular flowers. It suits well-drained, sandy soils and is grown mainly as a garden or native shrub outdoors.
Brachyloma preissii (common name globe heath) is a species of flowering plant in the heath family, Ericaceae, and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, dense shrub with linear to oblong leaves and red, or pinkish-red, tube-shaped flowers.
This shrub grows in coastal areas and on sandplains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachyloma preissii 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.
