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Critoniopsis tungurahuae

Critoniopsis tungurahuae is a tree in the daisy family from wet tropical and subtropical forests of the Andes. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care advice is based on its forest habitat rather than horticultural practice.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and avoid waterlogging, matching its moist forest habitat.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich forest-type mix.
Temperature
18 to 28 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Colombia (Nariño) to Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Critoniopsis tungurahuae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Critoniopsis plants

Critoniopsis cotopaxensis · Critoniopsis dorrii · Critoniopsis harlingii · Critoniopsis jaramilloi · Critoniopsis nonoensis · Critoniopsis palaciosii · Critoniopsis sevillana · Critoniopsis sodiroi · Critoniopsis yamboyensis · Critoniopsis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Critoniopsis tungurahuae 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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