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Sticky Ixiolaena

Ixiolaena viscosa

Sticky Ixiolaena
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Ixiolaena viscosa, the sticky ixiolaena, is a little-known daisy-family shrub from Western Australia, rarely cultivated. Little practical growing information is available, so treat it as a specialist plant and provide conditions similar to other dry-country Western Australian daisies.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix; avoid heavy clay.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and mild winters; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia

About

Ixiolaena viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Western Australia. It was first described by George Bentham in 1837.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ixiolaena viscosa 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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