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Diocirea acutifolia

Diocirea acutifolia is a small resinous shrub from the figwort family, native to a small area near Norseman in Western Australia. It is best treated as a dry-climate native shrub, given good drainage and full sun.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining gravelly or sandy loam.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Diocirea acutifolia is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to a small area near Norseman in Western Australia. The branches and leaves produce sticky resin which sometimes covers the whole plant making it appear bluish grey. This species is distinguished from the three others in the genus by its leaves which are longer than 6 millimetres (0.2 in) and the prominent resin glands on its stems.

Where it grows

Diocirea acutifolia occurs in a small area north of Norseman in the Coolgardie biogeographic region where it grows in woodland on gravelly loam.

Other Eremophila plants

Emu Bush · Diocirea microphylla · Diocirea ternata · Diocirea violacea · Emu Bush · Eremophila abietina · Eremophila accrescens · Eremophila acrida · Eremophila adenotricha · Eremophila alatisepala · Narrow Leaved Emu Bush · Eremophila annosocaulis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diocirea acutifolia 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.

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