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Cordyline murchisoniae
Also called Murchison's Palm Lily
Cordyline murchisoniae is an evergreen shrub from subtropical coastal rainforests of eastern Queensland, growing up to about 6 m, with palm-like wavy-edged leaves. It thrives in moist, humus-rich soil in shade and is sensitive to frost.
Cordyline murchisoniae, known as the dwarf palm lily is an evergreen Australian plant. A shrub to 6 metres tall. The range of distribution is coastal Queensland rainforests.
Leaves wavy edged, lanceolate in shape. 15 cm (6 in) long on thin stems. Flowering occurs in spring; being white, reddish or lilac in colour. Fruit is a red berry. Suited to gardens with moist soils in semi shade to full shade. It is not frost tolerant. A bird attracting plant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordyline murchisoniae 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.
