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Daphne papyracea

Daphne papyracea is an evergreen shrub from the Thymelaeaceae family, native to mountain slopes across Asia from Pakistan through Nepal to China. It is grown mainly in cool, mild gardens and needs good drainage and a sheltered spot.

Family: Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as: Shrub
Light: Part shade, Bright indirect
Water: Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil: Well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acidic to neutral soil.
Temperature: 10–22 °C; tolerates cool conditions and light frost, but protect from hard freezes below about -10 °C.
How easy: Moderate
Safety: Toxic: All parts, especially the bark, berries and leaves, contain daphnane diterpenoids and can cause severe gut irritation if eaten.
Native range: NE. Pakistan to S. China and Myanmar
Climate: temperate

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Daphne papyracea is a shrub of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is evergreen, and is found across Asia, from Pakistan through central Nepal to China. Generally it is found at elevations from 700 to 3,100 metres (2,300 to 10,200 ft).

Other Daphne plants

Daphne arbuscula · Lokta · Rose Daphne · Mezereon · Winter Daphne · Twin Flower Daphne · Daphne tangutica · Mezereons

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Daphne papyracea 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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