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Small Darwinia

Darwinia micropetala

Small Darwinia
Photo: David Sando, CC BY-SA 4.0

Small darwinia (Darwinia micropetala) is a small, erect, wiry shrub from south-eastern Australia, usually 30 to 50 cm tall, with white to pink flower heads. It is rarely grown, so the care notes below are general guidance for the genus.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings, as it grows in swales and near salt lakes.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, saline-influenced soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
South Australia to Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Darwinia micropetala, commonly known as small darwinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a small, erect shrub with linear leaves, and heads of white to pink flowers.

Where it grows

Small darwinia grows in swales and near salt lakes in south-eastern South Australia and in the Little Desert area of western Victoria.

Other Darwinia plants

Fine Leaved Darwinia · Darwinia apiculata · Darwinia biflora · Darwinia briggsiae · Darwinia camptostylis · Darwinia capitellata · Mogumber bell · Chapman's bell · Lemon Scented Darwinia · Yellow Mountain Bell · Darwinia diminuta · Darwinia diosmoides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Darwinia micropetala 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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