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Libinhania hegerensis

Libinhania hegerensis is a little-known daisy-family plant endemic to Socotra, where it grows on rocky ground. Little is documented about its cultivation, so treat care as provisional and mimic its dry, rocky native conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Very free-draining, gritty or rocky mix.
Native range
Socotra

About

Libinhania hegerensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only on Socotra, an African Island which is part of Yemen. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

Provisionally referred to as "Helichrysum sp. nov. D", it was described in 2017.

Other Libinhania plants

Libinhania acicularis · Libinhania arachnoides · Libinhania balfourii · Libinhania discolor · Libinhania fontinalis · Libinhania nimmoana · Libinhania nivea · Libinhania pendula · Libinhania rosulata · Libinhania sphaerocephala · Libinhania suffruticosa · Libinhania

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Libinhania hegerensis 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.

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