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Pityrodia spenceri

Pityrodia spenceri
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Pityrodia spenceri is a small, erect, woolly-hairy shrub in the mint family, native to the northern Northern Territory of Australia, where it grows in Kakadu and Nitmiluk National Parks. It is a little-known species with no established garden care, so general guidance for dry-climate Australian shrubs applies.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, lateritic ground.
Temperature
Suited to tropical and warm dry conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Pityrodia spenceri is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the northern part of the Northern Territory. It is an erect shrub with hairy, heart-shaped or egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.

Where it grows

This pityrodia occurs in the Kakadu and Nitmiluk National Parks in the northern part of the Northern Territory.

Other Pityrodia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pityrodia spenceri 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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