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Debregeasia australis
Also called Native Ramie
Debregeasia australis, known as China grass or native ramie, is a shrub or small tree in the nettle family, endemic to the wet tropics of northeast Queensland. It is grown mainly as a native garden or rainforest-margin plant that likes moist, shaded conditions.
Debregeasia australis, commonly known as china grass or native ramie, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia.
This species is endemic to Queensland, from the Mackay area north to about Cape Tribulation. It occurs mostly on the sub-coastal tablelands at 400–1,000 m (1,300–3,300 ft), occasionally reaching the coastal lowlands, and it grows on rainforest margins and beside streams in very wet areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Debregeasia australis 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.
