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Walsholaria magniflora

Walsholaria magniflora
Photo: Russell Best, CC BY 2.5 au

Walsholaria magniflora, known as splendid daisy-bush, is a small sprawling shrub to about 1.5 m with clusters of deep mauve to purple daisy flowers and a yellow centre. It grows in dry Australian heath, woodland and mallee, so it needs sun, good drainage and little water.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; overwatering is the usual cause of failure.
Soil
Well-drained sandy loam or gritty mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates heat and light frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Walsholaria magniflora, commonly known as splendid daisy-bush, is a small shrub with clusters of deep mauve to purple flowers.

Where it grows

The splendid daisy-bush grows in New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. In New South Wales it is found mainly growing from Balranald and Wentworth areas and north to Wilcannia. It grows in heath, woodland and mallee in well-drained, sandy loam soils.

Other Walsholaria plants

Walsholaria calcarea · Walsholaria cuneifolia · Walsholaria muelleri · Walsholaria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Walsholaria magniflora 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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