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Spyridium obcordatum

Spyridium obcordatum
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Creeping spyridium is a low, prostrate Tasmanian shrub with wiry branches, small heart-shaped grey-hairy leaves and clusters of white flowers in spring. It is a rare native best grown in a sunny, well-drained spot.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly while establishing, then rely mostly on rainfall; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, serpentine-type soils.
Temperature
Cool temperate; tolerates cold, frost-hardy in Tasmanian conditions; protect from prolonged heat and humidity.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Spyridium obcordatum, commonly known as creeping spyridium or creeping dustymiller, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a prostrate shrub with heart-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and clusters of hairy, white flowers.

Where it grows

Spyridium obcordatum grows in open forest or woodland, mainly among serpentinite outcrops, near Beaconsfield and in near-coastal areas between Greens Beach and Hawley Beach in Tasmania.

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 obcordatum 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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