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Stenanthemum emarginatum

Stenanthemum emarginatum
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Stenanthemum emarginatum is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub from south-western Western Australia, growing only 5 to 10 cm tall, with white or cream flowers in November and December. It is a native of shrubland and mallee-heath, so it suits dry, well-drained conditions.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; avoid heavy, wet ground.
Temperature
10 to 30 °C; tolerates mild frost but dislikes prolonged cold and wet.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia

About

Stenanthemum emarginatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a spreading to prostrate shrub with sparsely hairy young stems, narrowly fan-shaped to linear leaves and densely, shaggy-hairy heads of white or cream-coloured flowers.

Where it grows

This species grows in shrubland and mallee-heath between Gingin and Hopetoun in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Stenanthemum plants

Stenanthemum arens · Stenanthemum argenteum · Stenanthemum bremerense · Stenanthemum centrale · Stenanthemum complicatum · Stenanthemum divaricatum · Stenanthemum humile · Stenanthemum intricatum · Stenanthemum liberum · Stenanthemum limitatum · Stenanthemum mediale · Stenanthemum nanum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stenanthemum emarginatum 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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