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Forest Bittertea

Cyanthillium wollastonii

Forest Bittertea
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0

Forest Bittertea is a wild, shrubby member of the daisy family native to eastern and southern Africa, where it grows in forest margins and seasonally dry tropical bush. It is not a common garden or houseplant, so care information is limited.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Water when the top of the soil dries out during its growing season, and ease off in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or a light potting mix.
Temperature
18 to 30 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ethiopia to S. Africa
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Cyanthillium wollastonii is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to eastern and southeastern Africa, ranging from Sudan and Ethiopia to the Northern Provinces and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

It is a delicate shrub that can grow up to 3 meters tall while stems are 5m tall.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyanthillium wollastonii 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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