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Rhinotropis lindheimeri
Also called Shrubby Milkwort
Lindheimer's milkwort is a small, multi-stemmed semi-woody subshrub from the arid Southwest US and northern Mexico, grown mainly for its legume-like flowers. It is a species of Rhinotropis, and it needs sharp drainage and dry, sunny conditions to do well.
Rhinotropis lindheimeri, known as Lindheimer's milkwort or shrubby milkwort, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family of the milkworts, the Polygalaceae.
In the US, Lindheimer's Milkwort occurs from southern Arizona east to south-central Texas, south into Mexico.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhinotropis lindheimeri 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.
