Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum, known as Shooting Star, is a shrub or small tree from Fiji grown in warm gardens and sometimes as a container plant. It does best in warm, humid conditions with bright light and well-drained, moist soil.
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top few centimetres dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Rich, well-drained potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Fiji
Climate
wet tropical
About
Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a shrub or tree endemic to Fiji.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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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.