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Pityrodia canaliculata

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

Pityrodia canaliculata is a many-branched, scaly-leaved shrub in the mint family, native to a small area of Western Australia, grown mainly by specialist native plant enthusiasts. It needs well-drained sandy soil and a warm, dry, sunny position.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or red sandy soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. C. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Pityrodia canaliculata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to a small area in Western Australia. It is a many-branched shrub with all its parts, except the petals covered with small, circular scales. The tube-shaped flowers are white with reddish spots inside.

Where it grows

This pityrodia grows in red sand near Sandstone in the Murchison biogeographic region.

Other Pityrodia plants

Pityrodia augustensis · Pityrodia byrnesii · 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 canaliculata 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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