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Hill Zieria

Zieria collina

Hill Zieria
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0

Hill zieria is a spreading shrub from the citrus family, native to a small area of south-east Queensland near rainforest edges. It is a little-grown species, so care advice is general and based on related zierias and citrus-family shrubs.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then moderately; let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, slightly acidic, humus-rich soil or a peaty mix.
Temperature
10–28 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Zieria collina commonly known as hill zieria, is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-east Queensland. It is a large, spreading shrub with leaves composed of three leaflets, and small flowers with four white petals.

Where it grows

This zieria grows near the edge of rainforest on and near Tamborine Mountain. It sometimes forms dense thickets and seems to respond to disturbance.

Other Zieria plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zieria collina 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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