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Crossostephium

Crossostephium
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Crossostephium is a monotypic genus in the daisy family with one species, Crossostephium chinense, a small shrubby herb native to coastal areas of East and Southeast Asia. It is grown mainly as a fragrant garden or container plant in warm, frost-free climates, and needs bright light and well-drained soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top of the soil feels dry, and let excess water drain away.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy mix.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Crossostephium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The only species is Crossostephium chinense native to parts of Japan (Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto), Taiwan, Guangdong, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, and the Philippines.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crossostephium 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.

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