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Spyridium erymnocladum

Spyridium erymnocladum is a low, woody, hairy shrub from the Rhamnaceae family, known only from two collections on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. It is a rare wild species rather than a commonly grown garden plant, so care guidance is limited.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing soil to dry between waterings, as is typical for arid-zone shrubs.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and cool winters; frost tolerance not documented.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Spyridium erymnocladum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a low, woody shrub with linear leaves, and heads of about seven woolly-hairy flowers.

Where it grows

This spyridium is only known from two collections made in 1986 and 1993 from two sites 10 to 15 km (6.2 to 9.3 mi) apart between the towns of Cleve and Darke Peak on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia.

Other Spyridium plants

Spyridium bifidum · Spyridium burragorang · Spyridium buxifolium · Spyridium cinereum · Butterfly Spyridium · Spyridium coalitum · Spyridium cordatum · Spyridium daltonii · Heath Spyridium · Woods Well Spyridium · Spyridium furculentum · Spyridium glaucum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spyridium erymnocladum 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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