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Spyridium spadiceum

Spyridium spadiceum
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0

Spyridium spadiceum is a small, erect or semi-prostrate shrub from the south of Western Australia, grown mainly in native plant collections. It needs well-drained, sunny conditions similar to its granite-hill habitat.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gravelly soil; acidic to neutral.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. & S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Spyridium spadiceum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or semi-prostrate shrub with narrowly oblong to oval leaves and heads of hairy flowers with brown bracts at the base.

Where it grows

Spyridium spadiceum grows on granitic hills in the Porongurup Range and at Albany in the Jarrah Forest bioregion in the south of Western 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 spadiceum 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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