Plant Wiki

The open plant encyclopedia

Know any plant.
Grow it well.

Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.

  • 13,000+plants with full pages
  • 365,000+plant species worldwide
  • 220+countries covered

Common in

See all

The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

Browse all plants

See them in 3D

All plants in 3D

Browse plants

Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.

Plant Wiki › Browse plants

Parsonsia diaphanophleba

Parsonsia diaphanophleba
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Parsonsia diaphanophleba is a woody climbing vine from southwestern Western Australia, growing up to about 10 m, with white to cream and pink flowers. It is a rare native and is rarely grown in gardens, so care advice is limited to general climber needs.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then less often once established; let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or alluvial-type soil.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard

About

Parsonsia diaphanophleba is a woody vine of the family Apocynaceae. It is found in Western Australia and is listed as a priority 4 (rare, threatened, or in need of monitoring) species.

Where it grows

Parsonsia diaphanophleba occurs in Jarrah forest on the Swan Coastal Plain in the southwest of Western Australia, growing on alluvial soils along rivers.

Other Parsonsia plants

Spiral Vined Silkpod · Parsonsia curvisepala · Gargaloo · Parsonsia howeana · Common Silkpod

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parsonsia diaphanophleba 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.

Credits & terms

Identify a plant

Point at a leaf or flower and snap. One plant in frame works best.

Your photo
Starting camera…