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Red Crumbweed

Dysphania littoralis

Red Crumbweed
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Red crumbweed is a small, prostrate annual herb native to coastal and dry areas of eastern and western Australia, flowering year round. It is a wild native plant rather than a commonly grown garden or houseplant.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing; it tolerates dry spells once growing.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Queensland to N. New South Wales, W. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Dysphania littoralis, the red crumbweed, is a small, prostrate annual plant flowering year round.

Other Dysphania plants

Goosefoot · Winged Pigweed · Jerusalem-Oak · Fetid goosefoot · Dysphania melanocarpa · Cutleaf Goosefoot · Dysphania pseudomultiflora · Clammy Goosefoot · Pygmy goosefoot · Goosefoot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dysphania littoralis 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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