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Gonospermum ptarmiciflorum

Gonospermum ptarmiciflorum
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

Gonospermum ptarmiciflorum is a silvery-leaved evergreen shrub from Gran Canaria, grown as an ornamental and known as silver lace bush. It needs a warm, sunny, dry spot with excellent drainage.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings; avoid wet roots.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, lean soil.
Temperature
15-30 °C; protect below about 5 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Canary Is. (Gran Canaria)
Climate
subtropical

About

Gonospermum ptarmiciflorum, formerly Tanacetum ptarmiciflorum, is a shrub with silvery leaves in the family Asteraceae. The species is endemic to the Canary Islands, where it is endangered in the wild. Suited to dry climates, the shrubby silvery-leaved perennial is cultivated an ornamental plant, commonly known as the silver lace bush.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gonospermum ptarmiciflorum 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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