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Wingseed Scaly Sewejaartjie

Edmondia pinifolia

Wingseed Scaly Sewejaartjie
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0

Edmondia pinifolia is a small fynbos shrub of the daisy family, growing up to about 30 cm tall, endemic to the Cape region of South Africa. It is rarely grown outside its native habitat, so care guidance here is inferred from fynbos conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; fynbos shrubs dislike wet roots and summer irrigation.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty, low-nutrient mix.
Temperature
Mild to warm, tolerant of cool winters; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Cape Prov.

About

Edmondia pinifolia is a shrub that grows only 30 cm tall. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape where it is found from the Cederberg to the Cape Peninsula as well as the Kogelberg. The plant flowers from September to December. The species is part of the fynbos.

Other Edmondia plants

Gold Scaly Sewejaartjie · Common Scaly Sewejaartjie · Scaly Sewejaartjies

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Edmondia pinifolia 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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