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Mirbelia baueri
Bauer's Merbelia is a small, often prostrate, sometimes mat-forming shrub from exposed heathland in New South Wales, grown for its orange and purple pea flowers. It needs sharp drainage and full sun to thrive.
Mirbelia baueri is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with sharply-pointed linear leaves and orange and purple flowers.
Mirbelia baueri grows at higher altitude in exposed heathlands in rocky areas on sandy soils. It mainly occurs from the Blue Mountains to Nerriga, but is also found on the South and Central coasts.
Mirbelia aotoides · Mirbelia balsiformis · Mirbelia confertiflora · Mirbelia corallina · Mirbelia densiflora · Mirbelia depressa · Holly Leaved Mirbelia · Mirbelia ferricola · Purple Mirbelia · Mirbelia granitica · Mirbelia longifolia · Mirbelia microphylla
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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.
