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Zornia glabra

Zornia glabra is a small subshrub legume native to the Guianas and eastern and southern Brazil, where it grows in wet tropical areas and tolerates poor, acidic soils. It is a wild species with little horticultural use, so care advice is general.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Poor, acidic, well-drained soil; a sandy or lateritic mix suits it.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Guianas to E. & S. Brazil
Climate
wet tropical

About

Zornia glabra is a herb species found in South America and native to French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.

It is well adapted to poor soils with low pH levels.

Other Zornia plants

Zornia cearensis · Zornia · Grasslike Zornia · Barb Caterpillarbean · Zornia latifolia · Zornia thymifolia · Zornia vaughaniana · Plants

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zornia glabra 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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