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Wikstroemia elliptica

Wikstroemia elliptica is a small native shrub of Micronesia and Guam, grown mainly as a garden or native-plant specimen. It is usually found on volcanic and limestone soils in open, sunny savannah-type sites.

Family
Thymelaeaceae (Thymelae family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of volcanic or limestone-derived mixes.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Caroline Is. (Palau) to Marianas
Climate
wet tropical

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Wikstroemia elliptica is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to Guam and Micronesia.

Other Wikstroemia plants

Daphne angustiloba · Daphne aurantiaca · Daphne axillaris · Daphne esquirolii · Daphne gemmata · Lilac Daphne · Daphne gracilis · Daphne holosericea · Lilac Daphne · Daphne modesta · Daphne myrtilloides · Daphne penicillata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Wikstroemia elliptica 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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