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Melichrus procumbens
Jam tarts (Melichrus procumbens) is a low, mat-forming Australian shrub in the heather family, native to eastern Australia. It is grown mainly as a native garden groundcover in mild, well-drained conditions.
Melichrus procumbens, commonly known as jam tarts, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a low-lying shrub, often forming mats, with hairy, lance-shaped leaves, fragrant, cream-coloured flowers and flattened spherical, green to red drupes.
Jam tarts grows in heath and forest on sandstone or granite from south-eastern Queensland to the coast and Hornsby Plateau near Sydney.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melichrus procumbens 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.
