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Brachyotum harlingii is a little-known Andean shrub in the Melastome family, endemic to Ecuador and found in high-altitude shrubland. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice is based on related Brachyotum and high-elevation Melastome species.
Brachyotum harlingii is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brachyotum harlingii 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.
