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Golden Pennants

Glischrocaryon behrii

Golden Pennants
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0

Golden pennants is a small perennial herb from southeastern Australia, grown for its clusters of yellow flowers in spring. It is a niche, mostly native-plant or collector species that does best in a sunny, well-drained spot with moderate water.

Family
Haloragaceae (Halorag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly through the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining loam or sandy soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Glischrocaryon behrii, or golden pennants, is a perennial herb, native to southeastern Australia. The 5 to 6 inflorescences that appear in spring each comprise 7 to 60 yellow flowers.

The species was first formally described by botanist Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1847 in Linnaea. He gave it the name Loudonia behrii. In 1970 the species was transferred to the genus Glischrocaryon.

Other Glischrocaryon plants

Glischrocaryon flavescens · Glischrocaryon · Haloragodendron lucasii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Glischrocaryon behrii 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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