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Karri Bogbean

Ornduffia marchantii

Karri Bogbean is a small wetland herb from the Menyanthaceae family, known only from the Porongurup Range in south-western Western Australia. Keep its roots consistently wet and give it a cool, lightly shaded spot, as it grows in disturbed karri forest on damp loamy soil.

Family
Menyanthaceae (Menyanth family)
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the soil constantly moist or standing in shallow water; never let it dry out.
Soil
Wet, loamy, organic-rich soil or a boggy mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost and strong heat.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Ornduffia marchantii is a species of plant in the Menyanthaceae family of wetland plants that is endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

The species occurs in the Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion of Southwest Australia. There, its distribution is limited to the Porongurup Range, where it occurs in disturbed habitats in karri forest on wet loamy soils.

Other Ornduffia plants

Ornduffia albiflora · Porongurup Bogbean · Ornduffia parnassifolia · Ornduffia reniformis · Ornduffia submersa · Ornduffia umbricola · Ornduffia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ornduffia marchantii 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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