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Calandrinia pilosiuscula

Calandrinia pilosiuscula
Photo: Avilez, CC BY 4.0

Calandrinia pilosiuscula is a small annual flowering plant from Chile, with hairy leaves and pink flowers, sometimes found naturalised in New Zealand. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care advice is limited and based on its dry, sunny native habitat.

Family
Montiaceae (Monti family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings, since it comes from a dry climate.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Chile
Climate
subtropical

About

Calandrinia pilosiuscula is a species of flowering plant endemic to Chile and introduced to New Zealand.

Other Calandrinia plants

Brewer's redmaids · Fringed redmaids · Redmaids

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calandrinia pilosiuscula 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.

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