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Guichenotia basiviridis

Guichenotia basiviridis
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0

Guichenotia basiviridis is an erect, spreading Australian shrub of about 1 m with pink flowers from July to September. It is grown in full sun in free-draining soil and tolerates dry conditions once established.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then sparingly; allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor, sandy soils.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Guichenotia basiviridis is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the far west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with hairy new growth, linear leaves with the edges rolled under, and pink flowers arranged in groups of three to seven.

Where it grows

This species of guichenotia grows in open shrubland and open woodland between Kalbarri and Geraldton in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo bioregions in the west of Western Australia.

Other Guichenotia plants

Guichenotia alba · Guichenotia angustifolia · Guichenotia anota · Guichenotia apetala · Guichenotia asteriskos · Guichenotia astropletha · Guichenotia glandulosa · Guichenotia impudica · Guichenotia intermedia · Guichenotia ledifolia · Aussie Bells · Small Flowered Guichenotia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guichenotia basiviridis 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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