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Plumbago wissii
Plumbago wissii is a small desert subshrub from the Brandberg area of Namibia, growing rocky ground in its native range. It is rarely grown in gardens, so care here is based on its dry, rocky native habitat.
Plumbago wissii is a species of plant in the family Plumbaginaceae endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It grows to around 2mm in diameter, and 70mm in height.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Plumbago wissii 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.
