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Landerolaria xerophila

Landerolaria xerophila
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Landerolaria xerophila is an erect, sticky subshrub of northern Australia that grows in rocky crevices, scree and creek beds. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant plant whose key is very free drainage and full sun.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Very free-draining, gritty or sandy mix with added grit or stones.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW., C. & NE. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Landerolaria xerophila (synonym Olearia xerophila) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae which is endemic northern Australia. It is an erect subshrub with elliptic to broadly elliptic leaves and violet, blue or mauve and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Where it grows

Landerolaria xerophila grows in shrubland or woodland in crevices on rocky hills, scree slopes, gorges or creek beds in the Gascoyne, Murchison and Pilbara bioregions of Western Australia and in northern Queensland.

Other Landerolaria plants

Landerolaria arckaringensis · Landerolaria eremaea · Landerolaria gordonii · Landerolaria humilis · Landerolaria laciniifolia · Landerolaria macdonnellensis · Landerolaria newbeyi · Landerolaria · Landerolaria orientalis · Landerolaria stuartii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Landerolaria xerophila 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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