Caylusea hexagyna
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Caylusea hexagyna

Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–8
Hardiness
Zone 9–11
Click count
5
Observations
14

Care Guide

💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun

Caylusea hexagyna is a sun-loving, perennial herbaceous plant that comes from open habitats and often thrives in meadows and grasslands. It prefers full sun but can also tolerate partial sun.

Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C

Caylusea hexagyna comes from tropical areas, where the climate is generally warm and humid. As a result, it is well suited to high temperatures and humidity. It does not tolerate abrupt temperature changes and prefers a steady thermal environment, so avoiding temperature fluctuations indoors is important. It typically cannot withstand cold conditions and requires warmer temperatures for growth. If the surrounding temperature drops too low, the plant may cease growing or even die.

Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-8
Soil pH: 6-8
🌱 Fertilizer

Caylusea hexagyna needs the most fertilizer during its active growth period, which occurs mainly in spring, summer, and early fall. Fertilization supplies essential nutrients the soil may lack, encouraging healthy root and stem development as well as the attractive foliage that is an important feature of this plant.

🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity

Characteristics

Plant Type
Herb
Life Cycle
Perennial
Genus
Caylusea
Family
Resedaceae
Hardiness Zone
9-11
Mature Height
30 cm to 61 cm
Mature Spread
20 cm to 40 cm
Leaf Color
Light Green
Leaf Type
Deciduous
Flower Color
Yellow
Flower Size
0.51 cm to 0.76 cm
Bloom Time
Mid spring, Late spring, Early summer
Planting Time
Spring, Summer, Autumn
Harvest Time
Summer
Native Area
Saudi Arabia, Libya, Iraq, Syria, India, Egypt, Sudan, Mauritania, Iran, Eritrea, Algeria, Kuwait, Morocco, Yemen, Chad

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