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Styphelia sonderensis

Leucopogon sonderensis

Styphelia sonderensis
Photo: D.E. Albrecht, CC BY 4.0

Styphelia sonderensis, known as Mount Sonder beard-heath, is a slender shrub from the heath family, endemic to the south of the Northern Territory in Australia. It is a wild rock-range plant with little cultivation history, so care is inferred from its arid native habitat.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty mix; avoid heavy, wet soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and cool nights typical of its range; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Styphelia sonderensis, commonly known as Mount Sonder beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of the Northern Territory. It is a slender, erect or spreading shrub with elliptic leaves and white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils near the ends of branches.

Where it grows

Mount Sonder beard-heath grows on rocky ranges, usually at higher altitudes in the Central and MacDonnell Ranges in the south of the Northern Territory.

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 sonderensis 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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