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Leionema diosmeum

Leionema diosmeum
Photo: Don & Betty Wood, CC BY 3.0

Leionema diosmeum is a small upright shrub from southern New South Wales, Australia, grown mainly for its clusters of yellow flowers in late winter and spring. It is a native of dry sandstone heath and forest and suits a sunny, free-draining site.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it resents waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil, acidic to neutral; poor soils are fine.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost and extreme heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales to E. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Leionema diosmeum is a shrub species in the family Rutaceae that is endemic to southern New South Wales, Australia. It has an upright habit, stems with fine soft hairs, variable shaped leaves and yellow flowers from late winter to spring.

Where it grows

This species grows on sandstone in dry sclerophyll forest and heath south of the Royal National Park in New South Wales.

Other Leionema plants

Forest Phebalium · Notched Phebalium · Leionema carruthersii · Leionema ceratogynum · Leionema coxii · Toothed Phebalium · Tall Phebalium · Leionema ellipticum · Kangaroo Island Phebalium · Moogerah Phebalium · Hillebrands Waxflower · Leionema lachnaeoides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leionema diosmeum 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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