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Sannantha brachypoda

Sannantha brachypoda
Photo: Queensland Herbarium & Biodiversity Science, CC BY 4.0

Sannantha brachypoda is a small shrub in the myrtle family, endemic to central Queensland, Australia, growing up to about 4 m with small white flowers in leaf axils. It is a wild native rather than a common garden or houseplant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it is adapted to a seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty soil, similar to its native sandy gullies and sandstone habitat.
Temperature
Warm; suited to seasonally dry tropical conditions. Protect from frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sannantha brachypoda is a species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to central Queensland in Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and groups of 3 white flowers arranged in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Sannantha brachypoda grows in sandy gullies or near sandstone ranges, near Rolleston, Woorabinda and Theodore in central Queensland.

Other Sannantha plants

Clarence River Baeckea · Tall Baeckea · Sannantha collina · Sannantha crassa · Sannantha crenulata · Sannantha cunninghamii · Sannantha papillosa · Tall Baeckea · Twiggy Myrtle · Sannantha tozerensis · Tall Baeckea · Sannantha whitei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sannantha brachypoda 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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