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Chaetanthus aristatus

Chaetanthus aristatus
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Chaetanthus aristatus is a perennial rush-like plant of the Restionaceae family, native to south-western Western Australia. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so care advice is drawn from general knowledge of Restionaceae in Mediterranean-type climates.

Family
Restionaceae (Restion family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow the soil to dry between waterings, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil low in nutrients, similar to its native sandy habitat.
Temperature
Mild conditions; protect from frost, roughly 5 to 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Chaetanthus aristatus is a species of rush (in the family Restionaceae).

It is found in Western Australia.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chaetanthus aristatus 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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