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Stenanthemum mediale

Stenanthemum mediale is a small erect shrub from the Rhamnaceae family, growing up to about 35 cm tall, native to inland Western Australia. It is a little-known species with no established garden cultivation, so care advice is extrapolated from related Stenanthemum species.

Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings, as with other arid-zone Western Australian shrubs.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy mix; tolerates red clayey soils if drainage is good.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and mild winters; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Australia

About

Stenanthemum mediale is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with densely hairy young stems, egg-shaped leaves and densely hairy heads of silvery to rust-coloured flowers.

Where it grows

This species grows in red, clayey soil in the Murchison bioregion of inland Western Australia.

Other Stenanthemum plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stenanthemum mediale 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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