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Taxandria spathulata

Taxandria spathulata
Photo: Hughesdarren, CC BY-SA 4.0

Taxandria spathulata is a spindly shrub from the southern coast of Western Australia, up to about 2 m tall, in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). It is a wild bushland species, rarely grown in gardens, and grows best in sandy, well-drained soil in full sun.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates dry conditions and dislikes soggy soil.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, well-drained soil, low in nutrients.
Temperature
Mild temperate to subtropical conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. & S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Taxandria spathulata is a shrub species that grows along the southern coast of Western Australia. This plant was previously classified as Agonis spathulata but is now part of the Taxandria genus.

Where it grows

Often found in dense bushland on small hills, low rocky ridges, plains and coastal dunes it is distributed along the south coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions where it grows in sandy, peaty clay soils over granite, spongelite or laterite.

Other Taxandria plants

Taxandria angustifolia · Taxandria callistachys · Taxandria floribunda · Taxandria fragrans · Taxandria inundata · Warren River Cedar · Taxandria linearifolia · Taxandria marginata · Taxandria parviceps · Taxandria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Taxandria spathulata 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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