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Zygophyllum mongolicum is a drought-adapted desert shrub from Inner Mongolia, China, now listed as endangered in the wild. It is grown only as a specialist plant for dry, sunny, well-drained sites.
Zygophyllum mongolicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. It is endemic to the Inner Mongolia region in China. It was formerly known as Tetraena mongolica but the genus Tetraena is now regarded as synonym to Zygophyllum. The endangered status of this species and its xerophytic lifestyle adapted to withstand harsh environments prompted researchers to sequence its genome, the first of a member of the order Zygophyllales.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zygophyllum mongolicum 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.
