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Sebastiania serrata

Sebastiania serrata is a shrub in the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) native to southeastern and southern Brazil and northeastern Argentina. It suits warm, seasonally dry climates, and little detailed cultivation information is documented.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately when the top of the soil is dry, and let it dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil or loose potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. & S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sebastiania serrata is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was originally described as Gymnanthes serrata Baill. ex Müll.Arg. in 1863. It is native from southeastern and southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina.

Other Sebastiania plants

Gymnanthes glandulosa · Gymnanthes integra · Sebastiania argutidens · Sebastiania bahiensis · Sebastiania bicalcarata · Sebastiania brasiliensis · Sebastiania brevifolia · Sebastiania catingae · Sebastiania chaetodonta · Sebastiania chahalana · Sebastiania chiapensis · Sebastiania cruenta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sebastiania serrata 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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