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Rosemary Currantrhus

Searsia rosmarinifolia

Also called Rosemary Currentrhus

Rosemary Currantrhus
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0

Searsia rosmarinifolia is a South African shrub in the cashew family, native to the Cape Provinces and typically found in fynbos. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so most care guidance is general.

Family
Anacardiaceae (Cashew family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or poor soil; avoid waterlogging.
Temperature
Subtropical; tolerates mild frost but protect below about -3 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Searsia rosmarinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. A shrub, it is typically found in the fynbos.

Other Searsia plants

Searsia leptodictya · Wilgerkorentebos · Searsia aucheri · Bramble Crowberry · Searsia brenanii · Red Currant Rhus · Blue Fruited Currant Rhus · Nana Currant Rhus · Broom Karee · River Currant · Blue Kuni Bush · Blue-fruited crowberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Searsia rosmarinifolia 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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