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Styphelia rotundifolia

Leucopogon rotundifolius

Styphelia rotundifolia
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY 4.0

Styphelia rotundifolia (Leucopogon rotundifolius) is an erect, bushy shrub from the heath family, native to southern Western Australia. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so care advice is based on related heath-family shrubs.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; heath-family natives dislike wet feet and overwatering.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic, sandy or gritty mix low in phosphorus.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate

About

Styphelia rotundifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with round or egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged in leaf axils in groups of 2 or 3.

Where it grows

Styphelia rotundifolia occurs in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Styphelia plants

Styphelia foliosa · Styphelia humifusa · Styphelia pallida · Astroloma · Coleanthera · Styphelia allittii · Styphelia brevicuspis · Styphelia breviflora · Styphelia conchifolia · Styphelia concinna · Styphelia conferta · Styphelia conostephioides

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Styphelia rotundifolia 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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