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Lysipomia sparrei is a small subshrub from the high Andes of Ecuador, found in cool, high-elevation shrubland and grassland. It is a wild species with little cultivation history, so growing it is mainly a matter of mimicking cool, bright, humid mountain conditions.
Lysipomia sparrei is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lysipomia sparrei 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.
