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Encephalartos dyerianus
Also called Lillie Cycad, Lowveld Cycad, Lillie's Cycad
Encephalartos dyerianus, the Lillie cycad, is a slow-growing cycad from the hot lowveld of eastern South Africa, with blue-silver spiny fronds and a stem up to 4 m tall. Give it full sun, well-drained soil and dry conditions, and protect it from frost.
Encephalartos dyerianus, known colloquially as the Lillie cycad, is a species of cycad that is native to hillsides in the lowveld of eastern Limpopo, South Africa.
It is native to the lowveld of eastern Limpopo. It occurs on slopes of low granite hills in the Gravelotte Rocky Bushveld, in either open grassland or shrubland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Encephalartos dyerianus 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.
