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Camphor bush

Triplarina imbricata

Camphor bush
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0

Camphor bush (Triplarina imbricata) is a small shrub from northern New South Wales, growing up to about 2.8 m with weeping branches and small white flowers. It prefers damp conditions, so keep the soil consistently moist.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, especially in its growing season, and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, acidic, well-drained soil rich in organic matter, similar to native heath conditions.
Temperature
10–28 °C; protect from frost below about 0 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Triplarina imbricata, commonly known as creek triplarina, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a shrub with weeping branches, narrow egg-shaped leaves, and flowers in pairs with five sepals, five relatively small white petals and fourteen to seventeen stamens.

Where it grows

This triplarina occurs in the Tabulam and Nymboida districts where it grows in heath, often in damp places.

Other Triplarina plants

Triplarina bancroftii · Triplarina calophylla · Triplarina nitchaga · Triplarina nowraensis · Triplarina paludosa · Triplarina volcanica · Triplarina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triplarina imbricata 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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