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Lechenaultia acutiloba

Lechenaultia acutiloba
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Lechenaultia acutiloba is a dome-shaped shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its pale greenish-yellow, blue-tipped flowers. It is a species, not a genus, and is best suited to a sunny, free-draining spot.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then moderately; the tags say it likes moisture but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil; Lechenaultia species dislike phosphorus-rich soils.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Lechenaultia acutiloba, commonly known as wingless leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dome-shaped shrub with crowded, linear leaves and many tube-shaped, pale greenish-yellow flowers with blue tips.

Where it grows

Wingless leschenaultia usually grows near river banks, sometimes in swamps and is found between Ongerup and Ravensthorpe in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Lechenaultia plants

Lechenaultia aphylla · Blue Leschenaultia · Lechenaultia brevifolia · Lechenaultia chlorantha · Lechenaultia floribunda · Red Leschenaultia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lechenaultia acutiloba 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.

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