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Kunzea dactylota

Kunzea dactylota is a small spreading shrub from the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, found in rocky high-altitude heath. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care depends on mimicking cool, open, well-drained native conditions.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
5–25 °C; tolerates cold winters and frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Kunzea dactylota is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with small, finger-shaped leaves and clusters of white flowers near the end of the branches. It grows at high altitudes on the Southern Tablelands of the state.

Where it grows

This kunzea grows in rocky places in heath with Tingiringi gum (Eucalyptus glaucescens) and snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora), mostly in the Tinderry Range.

Other Kunzea plants

Kunzea acicularis · Kunzea acuminata · Kunzea affinis · Sand Dune Kanuka · Tickbush · Kunzea aristulata · Kunzea axillaris · Kunzea badjaensis · Scarlet Kunzea · Kunzea bracteolata · Kunzea caduca · Kunzea calida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kunzea dactylota 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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