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Yellow Salt Star

Gunniopsis intermedia

Yellow Salt Star
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Yellow salt star is a small succulent annual from the iceplant family, native to saline lake margins and salt flats in inland Western Australia. It thrives in full sun and very well-drained, salty or sandy soil, and is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Aizoaceae (Ice-plant family)
Grows as
Succulent, Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it tolerates salt and drought.
Soil
Sandy, loam or clay soil that drains freely; tolerates saline conditions.
Temperature
Hardy in hot, dry inland conditions; protect from frost and cold wet weather.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Gunniopsis intermedia, commonly known as yellow salt star, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia.

The annual herb has an erect or prostrate habit typically growing to a height of 1 to 30 centimetres (0.4 to 11.8 in) and form a mound up to 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) across. The leaves are 2 to 7 cm (0.8 to 2.8 in) long and 2 to 3 cm (0.8 to 1.2 in) wide. It blooms from September to November producing yellow-white flowers.

Other Gunniopsis plants

Gunniopsis calcarea · Gunniopsis calva · Gunniopsis divisa · Gunniopsis glabra · Gunniopsis kochii · Gunniopsis papillata · Gunniopsis propinqua · Sturts Pigface · Gunniopsis rodwayi · Gunniopsis rubra · Gunniopsis septifraga · Gunniopsis tenuifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gunniopsis intermedia 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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