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Thysanotus arbuscula is a perennial wildflower from the Asparagus family, native to sandy, gravelly and laterite soils near Perth in south-western Western Australia, grown as a rare native rather than a common garden plant. Keep it dry-summer and well drained, as it comes from a Mediterranean-type climate.
Thysanotus arbuscula is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to an area near Perth in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with a cylindrical rhizome, few linear leaves, leafless stems, and umbels of purple flowers with elliptic, fringed petals, linear sepals, six stamens and a slightly curved style.
This species grows in sand, gravel or laterite in near-coastal areas from 160 km (99 mi) north and 260 km (160 mi) south-east of Perth in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thysanotus arbuscula 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.
