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Pterocaulon sphacelatum
Also called Apple Bush, Fruit Salad Plant
Applebush is a small aromatic perennial herb or shrub, usually 20 to 100 cm tall, with pink to purple flower heads, native to Australia and nearby islands. It is found mostly in disturbed or occasionally flooded sites and is not a widely grown garden plant, so care notes are limited.
Pterocaulon sphacelatum, commonly known as apple bush or fruit-salad plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright shrub with mostly pink to purple flowers and is endemic to Australasia (continent)|Australia]].
Applebush grows in a variety of habitats, mostly on occasional flooded locations, disturbed sites including roadsides in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pterocaulon sphacelatum 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.
