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Stoebe rosea
Marshmallow snakebush is a rare fynbos shrub from the Cape Peninsula in South Africa, grown mainly by enthusiasts of South African indigenous plants. It needs full sun, good drainage and little water once established.
Stoebe rosea is a shrub belonging to the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos. The plant occurs in the Cape Peninsula on the southern slopes. It has an area of occurrence of 88 km² and falls under the protection of the Table Mountain National Park. The plant is considered rare.
Stoebe aethiopica · Stoebe alopecuroides · Common Snakebush · Wingleaf Snakebush · Cone Snakebush · Stoebe gomphrenoides · Stoebe leucocephala · Hedgehog Snakebush · Stoebe montana · Grey Snakebush · Spiky Snakebush · Stoebe phyllostachya
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stoebe rosea 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.
