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Commersonia macrostipulata is a shrub or small tree from the rainforest edges of northeast Queensland, grown mainly as a native garden or understorey plant in wet tropical climates. It is best kept in part shade with moist, well-drained soil.
Commersonia macrostipulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub or tree with egg-shaped leaves that are slightly serrated on the edges, flowers with five cream-coloured to white sepals and bristly fruit.
Commersonia macrostipulata grows in, or on the edges of rainforest, at altitudes of up to 800 m (2,600 ft) from Isabella Falls near Cooktown, to near Tully.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Commersonia macrostipulata 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.
