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Sannantha papillosa

Sannantha papillosa
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Sannantha papillosa is a small shrub in the myrtle family, endemic to north Queensland, Australia, where it grows on granite outcrops in shrubland. It is a wild species with little horticultural history, so care guidance is general and based on related myrtles.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix suited to granite-derived soils.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Sannantha papillosa is a species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to north Queensland. It is a shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and groups of usually 7 white flowers arranged in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Sannantha papillosa is only known from Frederick Peak and Bowling Green Bay National Park near Townsville, and in Homevale National Park near Mackay in north Queensland, where it grows in shrubland on granite outcrops.

Other Sannantha plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sannantha papillosa 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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