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Ischnolepis graminifolia is a tuberous shrub from Madagascar in the dogbane family, rarely grown in gardens. It needs a warm, seasonally dry climate and good drainage, with a rest period when dry.
Ischnolepis is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1909.
It contains two species:
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ischnolepis 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.
