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Pityrodia lanuginosa

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

Pityrodia lanuginosa is a woolly, spreading shrub from Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, growing to about 30 cm tall with off-white, bell-shaped flowers streaked with purple. It is a species found in the wild and rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out between waterings, as it comes from a dry shrubland climate.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
Warm conditions suited to tropical and subtropical dry climates; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Pityrodia lanuginosa is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It is a woolly, spreading shrub with its leaves arranged in four rows and off-white, bell-like flowers with dark purple streaks.

Where it grows

This pityrodia occurs in Arnhem Land including in the Kakadu National Park and Nitmiluk National Park.

Other Pityrodia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pityrodia lanuginosa 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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