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Ricinocarpos gloria-medii is a small, spreading desert shrub from the MacDonnell Ranges of the Northern Territory, Australia, seldom grown outside its native range. It is grown mainly by specialist native plant collectors, and it needs very good drainage and dry conditions.
Ricinocarpos gloria-medii is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a spreading, monoecious or dioecious shrub with linear leaves and male and female flowers arranged singly or in small groups.
This species grows in sheltered places in dry watercourses and at the base of cliffs in the MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory.
Ricinocarpos bowmanii · Ricinocarpos brevis · Ricinocarpos caniana · Ricinocarpos crispatus · Ricinocarpos cyanescens · Ricinocarpos glaucus · Ricinocarpos graniticus · Ricinocarpos ledifolius · Ricinocarpos linearifolius · Ricinocarpos marginatus · Ricinocarpos megalocarpus · Ricinocarpos muricatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ricinocarpos gloria-medii 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.
