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Lachnostachys verbascifolia

Lachnostachys verbascifolia
Photo: Leif Stridvall via Anita Stridvall, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lachnostachys verbascifolia is a Western Australian shrub in the mint family, growing 0.3 to 1.3 m tall with purple to white flowers from June to November. It is a native of sandy soils in shrublands and woodlands and is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy soil.
Temperature
Tolerates mild to warm conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. & SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Lachnostachys verbascifolia is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

It is found in the IBRA regions of: the Avon Wheatbelt, the Jarrah Forest, and the Murchison bioregion, on sandy soils in shrublands and woodlands.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lachnostachys verbascifolia 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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