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Eriostemon banksii

Eriostemon banksii
Photo: Rosemary Purdie, CC BY 3.0 au

Eriostemon banksii is a shrub or small tree from northeast Queensland's Cape York region, growing up to about 6 m, with white flowers mainly from April to September. It is a species in the citrus family, and it prefers the well-drained sandy soils and warm conditions of its native coastal forest.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly during dry spells while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy mix
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Eriostemon banksii is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and scattered white flowers with five petals and ten stamens.

Where it grows

This eriostemon grows in forest on old sand dunes in near-coastal areas of Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriostemon banksii 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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