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Ricinocarpos glaucus is an erect shrub, up to about 2 m tall, native to south-western Western Australia, grown mainly in native plant gardens. It is a species of the spurge family and its woolly-leaved, white-flowered form suits dry, well-drained sites.
Ricinocarpos glaucus is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, monoecious or dioecious shrub with linear or narrowly oblong leaves and male and female flowers arranged singly or in small groups.
This species grows in a variety of habitats, including tall forest, sandstone hills and low heath on rocky granite rises. It is found from near Margaret River to Cape Riche in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Ricinocarpos bowmanii · Ricinocarpos brevis · Ricinocarpos caniana · Ricinocarpos crispatus · Ricinocarpos cyanescens · Ricinocarpos gloria-medii · Ricinocarpos graniticus · Ricinocarpos ledifolius · Ricinocarpos linearifolius · Ricinocarpos marginatus · Ricinocarpos megalocarpus · Ricinocarpos muricatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ricinocarpos glaucus 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.
