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Vincetoxicum rupicola

Tylophora rupicola

Vincetoxicum rupicola (formerly Tylophora rupicola) is a slender twining vine in the dogbane family, endemic to the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Queensland, Australia. It is a rare wild species not typically grown in gardens, so the care notes below are general guidance for a warm, humid climate.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty, slightly acidic soil.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard

About

Vincetoxicum rupicola is a species of plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae that is endemic to Queensland, Australia. It was first described by Paul Irwin Forster in 1992 as Tylophora rupicola.

Where it grows

The species is known from the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Queensland, where it grows among grass and rocks above permanent water in grassy open forests of Allocasuarina torulosa, Eucalyptus granitica and Corymbia rhodops on granitic soils.

Other Vincetoxicum plants

Vincetoxicum forsteri · Bearded Tylophora · White swallow-wort · Vincetoxicum lineare · Dark vincetoxicum · Vincetoxicum woollsii · Swallow-wort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vincetoxicum rupicola 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.

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