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Lechenaultia chlorantha

Lechenaultia chlorantha, the Kalbarri leschenaultia, is a small, branching subshrub from a restricted area near Kalbarri in Western Australia. It grows in rocky sandstone and needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix with low fertility.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Lechenaultia chlorantha, commonly known as Kalbarri leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near Kalbarri in Western Australia. It is a subshrub or shrub with many branches, crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves and pale bluish-green, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

Kalbarri leschenaultia grows in rocky sandstone near the mouth of the Murchison River at Kalbarri in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region of south-western Western Australia.

Other Lechenaultia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lechenaultia chlorantha 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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