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Waltheria virgata is a small, much-branched shrub from northern Australia, usually 0.3 to 1 m tall, with pink-purple flowers. It is a dry-climate native that does best in full sun and well-drained, sandy or stony soil.
Waltheria virgata is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is found in the north of Western Australia, and in the Northern Territory.
It grows on red sand and stony soils, on plains, on rocky hills, and in stony creeks.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Waltheria virgata 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.
