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Zyzyxia lundellii

Zyzyxia lundellii
Photo: Smithsonian Institution, NMNH, Botany, CC0

Zyzyxia lundellii is the only known species in its genus, a tropical shrub of the daisy family that grows up to about 3 m tall in Belize and Guatemala. It is a wild plant of dry forest and scrub, not a known garden or houseplant, so care advice is limited.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; it is adapted to dry tropical forest and scrub.
Soil
Well-drained soil, such as sandy or poor pine-scrub soil.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost.
Native range
Belize to Guatemala
Climate
subtropical

About

Zyzyxia is a genus of tropical shrubs in the family Asteraceae native to Central America. There is only one known species, Zyzyxia lundellii.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zyzyxia 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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