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Sessile-leaved Rhodothamnus

Rhodothamnus sessilifolius

Sessile-leaved rhodothamnus is a small, critically endangered subshrub in the heather family, endemic to northeastern Türkiye. It is a plant of cool mountain habitats and is rarely grown, so it is best treated as a specialist alpine plant.

Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep the root zone evenly moist during growth, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Acidic, humus-rich, free-draining mix such as lime-free peaty soil.
Temperature
Cool to mild, roughly 5–22 °C; tolerates winter cold of about -15 °C in the ground when established, but protect pots from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
NE. Türkiye
Climate
temperate

About

Rhodothamnus sessilifolius, commonly known as the sessile-leaved rhodothamnus, is a flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is endemic to Turkey.

It is classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhodothamnus sessilifolius 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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