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Schwenckia micrantha is a small Solanaceae subshrub native to wet tropical areas from Costa Rica to northern and northeastern Brazil. It is a little-known species rarely grown in cultivation, so care guidance is general and based on typical tropical herb needs.
Schwenckia micrantha is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Costa Rica and parts of northern and northeastern Brazil, where it grows mainly in wet tropical biomes. The species typically grows as a small subshrub. The species was first officially described by the English botanist George Bentham in the year 1846.
It was published in the famous multi-volume botanical encyclopedia Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis
Schwenckia alvaroana · Schwenckia americana · Schwenckia angustifolia · Schwenckia aurantiaca · Schwenckia breviseta · Schwenckia curviflora · Schwenckia elegans · Schwenckia filiformis · Schwenckia glabrata · Schwenckia grandiflora · Schwenckia heterantha · Schwenckia huberi
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Schwenckia micrantha 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.
