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Myoporum velutinum

Myoporum velutinum
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Myoporum velutinum is a hairy shrub from a small area near Esperance in Western Australia, growing up to about 4 metres in creekside woodland. It is a little-known species in the figwort family, so care guidance here is general for the genus and may not reflect its exact needs.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly when young, then let the top of the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia

About

Myoporum velutinum is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to a small area near Esperance in Western Australia. It has similar flowers and fruits and grows in similar environments to Myoporum tetrandrum but differs from it and all other members of the genus by having hairs on the outer edge of the petals.

Where it grows

Myoporum velutinum occurs in a small area near Cape Le Grand where it grows along creeks in Melaleuca woodland.

Other Myoporum plants

Mangrove Boobialla · Myoporum bateae · Myoporum betcheanum · Myoporum boninense subsp. australe · Boobialla · Myoporum bontioides · Myoporum brevipes · Myoporum caprarioides · Myoporum cordifolium · Myoporum crassifolium · Myoporum floribundum · Common Boobialla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myoporum velutinum 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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