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Dasymalla glutinosa

Dasymalla glutinosa is a sticky, spreading shrub in the mint family, native to sandplains and dunes of Western Australia. It is a wild species, not a common garden plant, so its care is inferred from its dry native habitat.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy soil or sandy loam.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Dasymalla glutinosa is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a spreading, sticky shrub with glabrous branches, egg-shaped, stalkless leaves and small, white or cream-coloured, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

Dasymalla glutinosa occurs between the Murchison River and Shark Bay in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions growing in sand on sandplains and dunes and in woodland.

Other Dasymalla plants

Dasymalla axillaris · Dasymalla chorisepala · Dasymalla teckiana · Native Foxglove · Dasymalla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dasymalla glutinosa 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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