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Synaphea petiolaris

Synaphea petiolaris
Photo: Timothy Hammer, CC BY 4.0

Synaphea petiolaris is a small tufted shrub from south-western Western Australia, growing to about 60 cm with yellow flowers in spikes. It is grown mainly by Australian native plant enthusiasts and suits moist, sandy or swampy soils.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil moist during the growing season and avoid waterlogging; it naturally grows in winter-wet areas but dislikes prolonged drought.
Soil
Well-drained but moisture-retentive sandy or sandy loam soil; acidic native-plant mix.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; protect from hard frost and heat above 35 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia

About

Synaphea petiolaris is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with tufted stems, simple or deeply lobed to pinnatipartite leaves, and spikes of widely spaced yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Synaphea petiolaris is found around swamps and on sand plains, slopes and low-lying areas in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Synaphea plants

Synaphea acutiloba · Synaphea aephynsa · Synaphea bifurcata · Synaphea boyaginensis · Synaphea brachyceras · Synaphea canaliculata · Synaphea cervifolia · Synaphea constricta · Synaphea cuneata · Synaphea damopsis · Synaphea decorticans · Synaphea decumbens

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Synaphea petiolaris 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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