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Conostephium magnum

Conostephium magnum
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Conostephium magnum is an erect, compact Western Australian shrub in the heath family, growing 0.4 to 2 m tall with pendulous, cream to pink flowers in winter and spring. It is a native of sandy coastal soils and does best with good light and reliable moisture.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist while establishing, then water during dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, acidic sandy soil or a peaty, sandy mix.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Conostephium magnum is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, compact shrub with scattered lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end toward the base, and pendulous, spindle-shaped, cream-coloured to white and pink flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Conostephium magnum grows on sand dunes, disturbed roadsides and in swamp and open woodland, mainly from Cataby to near Gingin in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Conostephium plants

Conostephium drummondii · Conostephium hortiorum · Conostephium laeve · Conostephium marchantiorum · Conostephium minus · Conostephium papillosum · Conostephium pendulum · Conostephium preissii · Conostephium prolatum · Conostephium roei · Conostephium uncinatum · Conostephium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Conostephium magnum 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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