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Seringia adenolasia is a sticky, aromatic, densely hairy shrub from northern Australia, growing up to about 3 m, found in open woodland on rocky hills. It is a wild species of seasonally dry tropical areas and is rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for a hardy, drought-tolerant shrub.
Seringia adenolasia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a sticky, aromatic densely hairy shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves sometimes with toothed edges, and creamy-pink or purple flowers, usually in groups of up to 5.
This fire-bush grows in open woodland on rocky hills and escarpments in northern Queensland and in Kakadu and Nitmiluk National Parks in the Northern Territory.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Seringia adenolasia 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.
