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Thamnea massoniana
Thamnea massoniana is a small perennial shrub from the Bruniaceae family, native to the mountains of the Western Cape in South Africa. It is a fynbos plant and is rarely grown outside its native range, so care advice draws on fynbos conditions.
Thamnea massoniana is a perennial, flowering shrub that is part of the Bruniaceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Du Toit's Kloof to the Hottentots Holland Mountains. Six subpopulations are known, each consisting of approximately twenty plants. The plant is part of the fynbos. It is thought that the population may not exceed 1 000 plants. It currently has no threats.
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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.
