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Brunellia tomentosa is a tall, slender tree from the high-altitude cloud forests of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador, grown mainly for its distinctive foliage. It is a forest tree rather than a common garden plant, and is only realistic to grow in frost-free tropical or subtropical highland conditions.
Brunellia tomentosa is a species of tree in the genus Brunellia that is endemic in Colombia & Ecuador. It grows on wet tropical biomes. Its conservation status is Not Threatened.
It is endemic in Colombia & Ecuador. It grows on wet tropical biomes. In Colombia, it grows at an altitude of 1800 - 3100 meters above sea level.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brunellia tomentosa 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.
