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Commersonia rotundifolia

Commersonia rotundifolia, known as round-leaved rulingia, is a small upright shrub from south-west Western Australia, growing to about 60 to 100 cm high with white star-shaped flowers. It is a little-grown species, so the key to growing it is to mimic its dry mallee scrub habitat with good drainage and sun.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow the soil to dry out between waterings, as it tolerates dry conditions.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; avoid heavy, waterlogged ground.
Temperature
Mild to warm conditions; likely tolerates light frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Commersonia rotundifolia, commonly known as round-leaved rulingia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an upright, openly-branched shrub with elliptic to round leaves with wavy edges, and white flowers in clusters of 3 to 10.

Where it grows

Round-leaved rulingia grows in open mallee scrub, mainly between Gibson Soak north of Esperance, Ongerup, Ravensthorpe and the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Commersonia plants

Commersonia amystia · Commersonia apella · Brown kurrajong · Commersonia borealis · Commersonia breviseta · Commersonia corniculata · Commersonia corylifolia · Brittle Leaved Rulingia · Kerrawang · Commersonia densiflora · Commersonia erythrogyna · Commersonia gilva

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Commersonia rotundifolia 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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