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Sauvagesia

Sauvagesia
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0

Sauvagesia is a genus of about 49 flowering species in the family Ochnaceae, native to the tropical Americas, tropical Africa and Madagascar. Most are small, slender herbs or subshrubs rarely grown as garden or houseplants, so care depends on the species and its wild habitat.

Family
Ochnaceae (Ochn family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged, especially during active growth.
Soil
Moist, free-draining, acidic to neutral soil rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Sauvagesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ochnaceae. It includes 49 species native to the tropical Americas, tropical Africa, and Madagascar.

Other Sauvagesia plants

Sauvagesia brevipetala · Sinia rhodoleuca

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sauvagesia 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.

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