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Homoranthus cernuus, Wollemi homoranthus, is a slender, upright shrub of 30 to 60 cm from the Myrtle family, found only in the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales. It needs free-draining sandy soil and full sun to bright light, and is rarely cultivated.
Homoranthus cernuus commonly known as Wollemi homoranthus, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the Wollemi National Park. It is a slender shrub with smooth, linear shaped leaves and pairs of pendulous cream-coloured flowers with a pinkish base.
This species has a restricted distribution and is endemic to the north-western section of Wollemi National Park in central New South Wales. It occurs on Narrabeen sandstone, shallow sandy soils in layered woodland or heath, usually on steep rocky terrain in dry open forests.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homoranthus cernuus 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.
