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Zieria actites

Zieria actites is a dense, compact Australian shrub in the citrus family, growing about 1 m tall with aniseed-scented three-part leaves. It is found only on Mount Larcom in Queensland, so it is rarely grown and care guidance is limited.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season, and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil with some organic matter.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Queensland

About

Zieria actites is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is only found on a single, isolated mountain in Queensland. It is a dense, compact shrub with wiry branches, three-part leaves and small, cream to pale pink flowers with four petals and four stamens.

Where it grows

This zieria grows in open woodland in crevices on rocky cliffs and outcrops on Mount Larcom, higher than about 630 m (2,000 ft) above sea leavel.

Other Zieria plants

Zieria abscondita · Zieria adenodonta · Zieria adenophora · Zieria alata · Stinkwood · Zieria aspalathoides · Zieria baeuerlenii · Zieria bifida · Zieria boolbunda · Zieria buxijugum · Zieria caducibracteata · Zieria cephalophila

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zieria actites 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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