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Snakebush

Hemiandra pungens

Snakebush
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. & SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Hemiandra pungens, commonly known as snakebush, is a flowering shrub or trailing plant that is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It has lance-shaped leaves, white, bluish purple or pink flowers with darker spots in the throat.

How to grow it

H. pungens seed is not typically available but this species is easily propagated from cuttings of other plants. It can be grafted onto related species including Westringia fruticosa. It can be grown in containers such as hanging baskets, and it performs best in dry climates without humid summers, in a sunny, well-drained area.

Other Hemiandra plants

Hemiandra gardneri · Snakebush · Hemiandra

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hemiandra pungens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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