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Myrsine richmondensis

Myrsine richmondensis
Photo: Poyt448, Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 4.0

Myrsine richmondensis is a very rare shrub or small tree from the coast of New South Wales, Australia, with wavy-edged leaves and suckering growth. It is grown mainly as a native garden or conservation plant in mild, frost-free climates.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, slightly acidic soil or a peaty potting mix.
Temperature
15–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Myrsine richmondensis, known as the ripple leaf muttonwood or purple-leaf muttonwood, is a very rare shrub of coastal areas of New South Wales; from Coraki on the Richmond River north to Mount Warning.

Other Myrsine plants

Myrsine adamsonii · African Boxwood · Myrsine andersonii · Mapou · Myrsine brownii · Myrsine bullata · Myrsine ceylanica · Cook Islands Myrsine · Myrsine collina · Leathery colicwood · Summit colicwood · Myrsine diazii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myrsine richmondensis 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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