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Granite Homoranthus

Homoranthus prolixus

Granite Homoranthus
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0

Granite homoranthus is a small spreading shrub from northern New South Wales, growing up to about 0.8 m with yellow to red flowers in spring and early summer. It needs sun, excellent drainage and a sandy, low-nutrient soil like its granite outcrop home.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; established plants tolerate dry spells.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix, low in nutrients.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Homoranthus prolixus, commonly known as granite homoranthus is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and groups of up to six yellow to red flowers in the upper leaf axils.

Where it grows

Granite homoranthus grows from Inverell to Bendemeer in northern New South Wales in woodland and heath on shallow sandy soils on and around granite or acid volcanic outcrops.

Other Homoranthus plants

Homoranthus bebo · Homoranthus biflorus · Binghi Homoranthus · Homoranthus brevistylis · Homoranthus bruhlii · Homoranthus cernuus · Homoranthus clarksonii · Homoranthus coracinus · Bolivia Homoranthus · Homoranthus cummingii · Fairy Bells · Homoranthus decasetus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homoranthus prolixus 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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