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Xerothamnella parvifolia is a low, spreading, drought-hardy shrub of arid inland Australia, growing to about 1 m with small thick leaves and white, red-marked tubular flowers. It is a wild species of rocky hillsides and stony rises rather than a common garden plant, so it suits dry, open, well-drained sites.
Xerothamnella parvifolia, commonly known as the small-leaved little dry shrub and regionally in South Australia as the freckled duck, is a flowering shrub in the family of Acanthaceae. The species occurs in south-west Queensland, far north-west New South Wales and the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, where it inhabits rocky hillsides, stony rises and chenopod shrublands in arid and semi-arid environments.
Flowering period can be hard to predict and often opportunistic corresponding with rainfall, records show that flowering period can extend from October through to April. Following flowering, plants produce smooth fruit capsules approximately 7–8.5 mm long. Capsules contains 1-2 seeds 4 mm long and 3 mm wide that are brown and display a textured outer layer known as Tubercle. Published information on the reproductive ecology of X. parvifolia is limited, however available evidence suggests that the species has lower reproductive output than X. herbacea.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xerothamnella parvifolia 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.
