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Streptoglossa tenuiflora

Streptoglossa tenuiflora is a small, slightly fragrant daisy-family herb from Western Australia, growing up to about 30 cm tall as either an annual or short-lived perennial. It is a wild species of clay soils and stream edges rather than a commonly grown garden plant.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the surface dry between waterings, since it naturally grows on damp clay and stream edges.
Soil
Heavy clay or moist, loamy soil with good drainage.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Western Australia

About

Streptoglossa tenuiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright perennial or annual herb with pink to purple flowers. It is endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

This streptoglossa grows on clay, edges of streams and mud flats north of Carnarvon to the Kimberley region.

Other Streptoglossa plants

Streptoglossa macrocephala · Streptoglossa odora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Streptoglossa tenuiflora 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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