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Phebalium clavatum

Phebalium clavatum is a small shrub from the Coolgardie district of Western Australia, covered in silvery scales with white flowers in late winter and spring. It is a dry-country native that needs free-draining sandy soil and full sun.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; avoid heavy or wet clay.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and cool winters; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SC. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Phebalium clavatum is a species of shrub that is endemic to Western Australia and is more or less covered with silvery scales. It has warty branchlets, more or less circular leaves with a large spherical gland and white flowers arranged singly on the ends of branchlets.

Where it grows

This phebalium grows on sandplains in the Coolgardie district of Western Australia.

Other Phebalium plants

Phebalium appressum · Phebalium bifidum · Phebalium brachycalyx · Phebalium brevifolium · Desert Phebalium · Phebalium canaliculatum · Davies' Wax Flower · Phebalium distans · Phebalium drummondii · Phebalium elegans · Phebalium festivum · Phebalium filifolium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phebalium clavatum 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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