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Zieria odorifera

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

Zieria odorifera is a small aromatic shrub from inland New South Wales, growing to about 1 m with pink spring flowers. It suits well-drained, sunny sites like its native rocky heath.

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings; it tolerates dry periods.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil, low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Hardy in cool to warm temperate climates; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales

About

Zieria odorifera, commonly known as the fragrant zieria, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to inland New South Wales. It is an aromatic shrub with ridged branches, leaves composed of three leaflets and groups of mostly three pale to deep pink, four-petalled flowers in spring.

Where it grows

This zieria grows in heath on rocky ridges and between rock outcrops. Subspecies copelandii is only known from Mount Kaputar National Park in the Warrumbungles, subspecies odorifera mainly in the Warrumbungle National Park, subspecies warrabahensis the Warrabah National Park and subspecies williamsii in scattered locations between Cathedral Rock National Park and the Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.

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 odorifera 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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