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Wahlenbergia caryophylloides

Wahlenbergia caryophylloides is a small, single-stemmed annual herb from northern Western Australia, grown mainly as a curiosity and in native plant collections. It thrives in moist, sandy ground and does best given consistent moisture during its growing season.

Family
Campanulaceae (Campanul family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist while it is growing and flowering, and avoid letting it dry out.
Soil
Free-draining sandy mix that holds some moisture.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Wahlenbergia caryophylloides is a small herbaceous plant in the family Campanulaceae native to Western Australia.

The single-stemmed annual herb typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.8 metres (0.3 to 2.6 ft). It blooms between May and September producing white-blue-purple flowers.

Other Wahlenbergia plants

New Zealand Harebell · Small bellflower · Wahlenbergia aridicola · Cape Bluebell · Wahlenbergia capillaris · Waxy Bluebell · Wahlenbergia densifolia · Wahlenbergia fluminalis · Wahlenbergia glabra · Royal Bluebell · Annual Bluebell · Australian Bluebell

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wahlenbergia caryophylloides 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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