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Cordyline angustissima

Cordyline angustissima
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Cordyline angustissima is a little-known species of flowering plant in the Asparagus family, native to the wet tropics of New Guinea. Its cultivation is poorly documented, so treat care advice as general guidance for cordylines in warm, humid conditions.

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich potting mix or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cordyline angustissima is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. The species is native to New Guinea, and was described in 1905.

Where it grows

Cordyline angustissima is native to the wet tropical biome of New Guinea.

Other Cordyline plants

Cabbage tree · Ti ngahere · Palm lily · Narrow Leafed Palm Lily · Cordyline forbesii · Tiplant · Broad Leaved Cabbage Tree · Giant palm-lily · Cordyline minutiflora · Dwarf Palm Lily · Norfolk Island Cabbage Tree · Broad Leaved Palm Lily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordyline angustissima 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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