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Dictamnus albus
Burningbush · Dittany · Gasplant · Fraxinella · White Dittany
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
0
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 3–8
Click count
172
Observations
1,565
Description
Source: leafsnapDictamnus albus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is also known as burning bush, dittany, gas plant or fraxinella. This herbaceous perennial has several geographical variants. It is native to warm, open woodland habitats in southern Europe, north Africa and much of Asia.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 0–32.2°C
Ideal temperature: 0–32.2°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Dictamnus
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 3-8
- Mature Height
- 40 cm to 91 cm
- Mature Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Pink, White
- Flower Size
- 5.08 cm to 7.62 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer
- Native Area
- Tajikistan, Turkey, India, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Poland, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Ukraine, Serbia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Afghanistan, Hungary, Germany, Syria, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Iran, Albania, Romania
Tags (11)
Common Names (6)
en Burningbush
en Dittany
en Gasplant
en Fraxinella
en White Dittany
en White Fraxinella