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Nanorrhinum kuriense

Nanorrhinum kuriense is a small annual wildflower from the Socotra Archipelago, found on dry rocky slopes and sandy plains. It is a wild species with little horticultural history, so care is best matched to its arid, rocky native habitat.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly; let the soil dry out between waterings, and keep the seedlings lightly moist until established.
Soil
Fast-draining sandy or gritty mix with some stone or grit.
Temperature
18 to 30 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Socotra (Abd al Kuri, Samha)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Nanorrhinum kuriense is a species of plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is an annual native to the islands of Abd al Kuri and Samhah in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago. It grows on dry rocky slopes, and on open sandy plains often in the shade of boulders, from sea level to 500 metres elevation.

Other Nanorrhinum plants

Nanorrhinum scoparium · Nanorrhinum webbianum · Nanorrhinum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Nanorrhinum kuriense 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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