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Lissanthe pleurandroides

Lissanthe pleurandroides is a small, erect, moderately dense shrub from southern Western Australia, reaching about 1 m, with spikes of tube-shaped white or pink flowers. It is a native of chalky coastal soils and is grown mainly by enthusiasts of Australian native plants.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, neutral to alkaline sandy or chalky soil.
Temperature
Tolerates mild temperatures; protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Lissanthe pleurandroides is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, moderately dense shrub with oblong leaves and spikes of tube-shaped, white or pink flowers.

Where it grows

Lissanthe pleurandroides grows in chalky soils in coastal or near-coastal areas in the Esperance Plains bioregion of southern Western Australia.

Other Lissanthe plants

Lissanthe brevistyla · Lissanthe pluriloculata · Lissanthe powelliae · Lissanthe rubicunda · Native Cranberry · Lissanthe scabra · Peach Heath · Lissanthe synandra · Lissanthe

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lissanthe pleurandroides 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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