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Myrcia rupestris

Myrcia rupestris is a small shrub or tree from Minas Gerais, Brazil, growing 0.5 to 3 m tall, found only on rocky outcrops. It is a little-known species with no established cultivation, so care advice is tentative.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub, Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fairly poor or sandy soil, similar to its rocky native habitat.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Myrcia rupestris is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae. It is a shrub endemic to Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil which was first described in 2015.

Where it grows

This plant has only been found on rock outcrops in Minas Gerais.

Other Myrcia plants

Myrcia ascendens · Myrcia attenuata · Myrcia costeira · Myrcia crassa · Myrcia floridissima · Myrcia mucugensis · Myrcia pendula · Myrcia pseudomarlierea · Myrcia pseudospectabilis · Myrcia subterminalis · Myrcia tetraphylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrcia rupestris 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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