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Dicoma swazilandica

Dicoma swazilandica is a small wild daisy-family herb native to Eswatini and Mpumalanga, South Africa, growing on stony hills in grassland and savanna. It is not a common garden plant, so little cultivation information exists.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings, as it is adapted to dry stony hillsides.
Soil
Free-draining, stony or gritty soil.
Temperature
Tolerates the cool-to-warm subtropical conditions of its highveld habitat; frost protection advised below 0 °C.
How easy
Hard
Safety
Toxic
Native range
Eswatini

About

Dicoma swazilandica is a species of plant from Eswatini and South Africa.

Where it grows

This species is found in Eswatini and in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. It grows on stony hills at an altitude of about 1,685 m (5,528 ft) in grasslands and savannas.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dicoma swazilandica 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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