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Leptosema tomentosum is a leafless, densely tufted shrub from the sandy heaths of south-western Western Australia, grown mainly by enthusiasts of native plants. The key to growing it is excellent drainage and full sun, since it is adapted to dry, sandy ground.
Leptosema tomentosum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a densely tufted, leafless shrub with arching stems, broadly winged branches and branchlets, leaves reduced to egg-shaped scales, yellowish-green flowers, and broadly egg-shaped, beaked pods.
Leptosema tomentosum grows on sand in heath between the Kalbarri National Park and Wongan Hills in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leptosema tomentosum 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.
