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Diplolaena microcephala, lesser diplolaena, is a rounded, spreading shrub from the south coast of Western Australia, grown for its grey-green foliage and pendulous red to pinkish flowers. It is a species, not a genus, and is rarely grown outside its native region, so care guidance is drawn largely from general knowledge of related Australian Rutaceae.
Diplolaena microcephala is a rounded shrub with elliptic leaves, distinctive stamens, variable flower colour and is endemic to Western Australia.
Lesser diplolaena grows near the south coast of Western Australia from near Walpole, east to near Hopetoun and east of Esperance. It grows in sand, gravelly soils and rocky loam near river banks and on granite hills.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplolaena microcephala 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.
