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Xanthostemon youngii, known as crimson penda or red penda, is a tree from North Queensland with showy red flowers. It is hard to keep alive in cultivation and is very prone to myrtle rust, so it is rarely grown and needs a warm, humid, sheltered spot.
Xanthostemon youngii, commonly known as crimson penda or red penda, is a species of trees endemic to North Queensland, constituting part of the plant family Myrtaceae.
It has showy red blooms, but has been difficult to keep alive in cultivation.
Golden penda · Xanthostemon verdugonianus · Xanthostemon verticillatus · Xanthostemon
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xanthostemon youngii 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.
