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Sebastiania subsessilis

Sebastiania subsessilis is a small shrubby member of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to southern Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina's Misiones. It is rarely grown in gardens, so most care information is general guidance for similar subtropical shrubs.

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry, and reduce watering in winter.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile soil or a loam-based potting mix.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Brazil to Argentina (Misiones)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sebastiania subsessilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was originally described as Excoecaria subsessilis Müll.Arg. in 1866. It is native from southern Brazil to Paraguay.

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 subsessilis 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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