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Thomasia brachystachys

Thomasia brachystachys
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Thomasia brachystachys is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the Southwest Australia south-west of Western Australia. It is an open, erect shrub with egg-shaped to heart-shaped leaves and pink to mauve flowers.

How to grow it

This thomasia is described as an attractive species that has proved reliable in a range of conditions when grown in well-drained, humus-rich soil. It can be propagated from both seed and cuttings and is moderately drought and frost hardy.

Where it grows

This thomasia grows in woodland and forest at higher altitudes in the Stirling Range National Park and near Gnowangerup.

Other Thomasia plants

Narrow Leaved Thomasia · Thomasia cognata · Thomasia dielsii · Thomasia discolor · Thomasia foliosa · Thomasia formosa · Thomasia gardneri · Thomasia glabripetala · Large Flowered Thomasia · Thomasia macrocalyx · Large Fruited Thomasia · Thomasia microphylla

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thomasia brachystachys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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