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Pityrodia byrnesii

Pityrodia byrnesii
Photo: NCRIS, Canberra - Modificado y subido por Philmarin, CC BY-SA 3.0

Pityrodia byrnesii is a sticky, hairy shrub of about 1 m from the mint family, endemic to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a wild species with little cultivation history, so care advice is based on general knowledge of related Australian Pityrodia.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gravelly soil.
Temperature
Warm conditions suited to the tropical Top End; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Pityrodia byrnesii is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with hairy, glandular stems, stalkless, flat leaves and fragrant, off-white, bell-like flowers with purple stripes inside the tube.

Where it grows

This pityrodia occurs in Arnhem Land, near the East Alligator River, about 10 km (6 mi) south-west of Gunbalanya in the Kakadu National Park.

Other Pityrodia plants

Pityrodia augustensis · Pityrodia canaliculata · Pityrodia chrysocalyx · Pityrodia gilruthiana · Pityrodia hemigenioides · Pityrodia iphthima · Pityrodia jamesii · Pityrodia lanuginosa · Pityrodia lepidota · Pityrodia loricata · Pityrodia obliqua · Pityrodia puberula

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pityrodia byrnesii 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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