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Philcoxia goiasensis is a rare, small annual herb from the Brazilian cerrado, known only from one area near Posse, Goiás. It is a wild species, not a garden plant, so there is little cultivation information.
Philcoxia goiasensis is a rare annual herb in the family Plantaginaceae, and is endemic to the Rio da Prata area of Posse, Goiás, in Brazil.
It was discovered on 5 April 1966 by H. S. Irwin, J. Russell, J. W. Grear Jr, R. Souza and R. Reisdos Santos at 800 metres (2,600 ft) altitude in the Serra Geral de Goiás, part of the cerrado, in an open, sandy area. Unlike the other three species in the genus, P. goiasensis is smaller. Its leaf blades or laminae are peltate and only 2 mm in diameter.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Philcoxia goiasensis 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.
