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Philotheca papillata is a small, erect, multistemmed shrub from heath on sandstone in one restricted area of New South Wales, Australia, growing to about 60 cm with white to pale pink flowers in spring. As a rare native of a narrow range it is seldom grown, and the key is to mimic its free-draining heathland conditions.
Philotheca papillata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a small, erect, multistemmed shrub with glandular-warty, narrow elliptic leaves, and white to pale pink flowers arranged singly on the end of the stems.
This philotheca grows in heath on sandstone in the Sherwood Nature Reserve near Glenreagh.
Philotheca pungens · Philotheca trachyphylla · Philotheca acrolopha · Narrow Leaf Wax Flower · Philotheca apiculata · Philotheca basistyla · Philotheca brevifolia · Philotheca brucei · Philotheca buxifolia · Philotheca ciliata · Philotheca citrina · Philotheca coateana
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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.
