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Spyridium leucopogon

Spyridium leucopogon
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Silvery spyridium is a small, slender, wiry shrub endemic to the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia, grown mainly as a native garden plant in dry, free-draining sites. It is a species, not a genus, and is rarely cultivated; the key to growing it is drainage and sun.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly while establishing, then rely on rainfall; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty native soil; tolerates poor, low-nutrient ground.
Temperature
Hardy to frost in mild climates; suited to a Mediterranean or semi-arid climate, protect from severe frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Spyridium leucopogon, commonly known as silvery spyridium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is a small, slender shrub with narrowly linear leaves, and heads of woolly, white flowers.

Where it grows

Spyridium leucopogon occurs 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 · Spyridium erymnocladum · Woods Well Spyridium · Spyridium furculentum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spyridium leucopogon 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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