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Kunzea petrophila

Kunzea petrophila is a spreading shrub native to sandstone crevices along the Keep River in the Northern Territory, Australia, grown mainly by enthusiasts of Australian native plants. It needs well-drained sandy soil and full sun in a warm, dry-season climate.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates dry seasons once established.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; sandy, low-nutrient mix suits it.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect from frost, which it is unlikely to tolerate well.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Kunzea petrophila is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a spreading shrub with hairy branches and leaves, narrow leaves and cream-coloured flowers in more or less spherical groups, usually on the ends of the main branches.

Where it grows

This kunzea grows in sand in sheltered sandstone crevices along the Keep River in the Keep River National Parkin the Northern Territory.

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 petrophila 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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