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Withania frutescens is a deciduous shrub in the nightshade family, native to the western Mediterranean, Canary Islands and northwest Africa, usually 1.5 m tall. It tolerates dry, sunny conditions and needs well-drained soil.
Withania frutescens is a plant species belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is native to the western Mediterranean region, including southern Iberia (in Portugal and south and southeastern Spain), the Balearic Islands, Northwest Africa (including Morocco and western Algeria) and the Canary Islands.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Withania frutescens 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.
