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Leionema montanum
Spreading Waxflower is a small, compact, ground-hugging shrub native to mountains in north-eastern Tasmania, producing white to pink flowers in spring. It is a rare native species, grown mainly by enthusiasts rather than as a common garden plant.
Leionema montanum, is a small shrub with terminal clusters of white-pink flowers in upper leaf axils in spring. It is endemic to Tasmania.
This species grows in mountainous situations in north-eastern Tasmania.
Forest Phebalium · Notched Phebalium · Leionema carruthersii · Leionema ceratogynum · Leionema coxii · Toothed Phebalium · Leionema diosmeum · Tall Phebalium · Leionema ellipticum · Kangaroo Island Phebalium · Moogerah Phebalium · Hillebrands Waxflower
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leionema montanum 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.
