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Lepidozamia peroffskyana
Also called Burrawang Palm
Pineapple Zamia (Lepidozamia peroffskyana) is a slow-growing, long-lived, palm-like cycad from eastern Australia, valued as a feature plant in semi-shade or a large container. Give it partial shade, well-drained soil and patience, as it grows only slowly.
Lepidozamia peroffskyana is a palm-like cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to eastern Australia, in Queensland and New South Wales. The species is named after Count Peroffsky (1794-1857), benefactor of the St. Petersburg Botanical Garden.
This species is found in southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, occurring between Gympie, north of Brisbane and the Manning River near Forster. It grows in scattered small communities in wet sclerophyll forests or on rainforest margins, usually on steep slopes from sea level up to about 1,000 metres.
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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.
