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Haemodorum tenuifolium

Haemodorum tenuifolium
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Haemodorum tenuifolium is a bulbous geophyte from the Haemodoraceae family, native to southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales in Australia. It grows from a bulb and dies back in dry or cool periods, so it does best in a well-drained, seasonally moist spot.

Family
Haemodoraceae (Haemodor family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while in active growth and let it dry out between waterings once it dies back.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

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Haemodorum tenuifolium is a plant native to southeastern Australia.

Other Haemodorum plants

Queensland Blood Lily · Haemodorum brevicaule · Haemodorum brevisepalum · Scarlet Bloodroot · Rush Leaf Bloodroot · Haemodorum discolor · Moorland Bloodroot · Haemodorum ensifolium · Haemodorum gracile · Haemodorum laxum · Strap Leaf Bloodroot · Haemodorum simplex

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haemodorum tenuifolium 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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