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Himalayan Redberry Creeper

Hemiphragma heterophyllum

Himalayan Redberry Creeper
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0

Hemiphragma heterophyllum is a small creeping perennial herb from the Himalaya, Myanmar, China, Taiwan and the Philippines, grown mainly by enthusiasts of hardy alpine and woodland plants. It needs cool, moist, shaded conditions with consistently damp soil.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged.
Soil
Humus-rich, moisture-retentive, well-drained woodland mix.
Temperature
10–20 °C; tolerates light frost but protect from hard freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Himalaya to China and Myanmar, Taiwan to C. Malesia
Climate
temperate

About

Hemiphragma heterophyllum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. It is a perennial native to the central and eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, central and southern China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Sulawesi.

Three varieties are accepted.

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hemiphragma heterophyllum 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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