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Limestone Gonna

Passerina galpinii

Limestone gonna is a small South African shrub in the Thymelaeaceae family, endemic to the Western Cape. It is grown mainly as a drought-tolerant garden shrub in mild, dry climates and needs well-drained soil.

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or limestone-rich soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Passerina galpinii is a shrub belonging to the genus Passerina. The species is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Western Cape.

Other Passerina plants

Tufted Gonna · Karoo Gonna · Passerina corymbosa · Berg Gonna · Christmas berry · Ridge Gonna · Outeniqua gonna · Baker's Gonna · Gooey Gonna · Brown Gonna · False Heather · Brown gonna

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passerina galpinii 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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