ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA BOTANICAL NAME ARAUCARIA HETEROPHYLLA

PRONUNCIATION ah-raw-KAIR-ee-uh het - er - oh - FIL - uh

COMMON NAME Norfolk Island Pine

FAMILY Araucariaceae

Life Cycle House plant- Perennial Outdoors- annual

Growth Habit Tree Height 100’ Width 40’ Upright

ARRANGEMENT Whorled

LEAF Length - 1/2” needles

MARGIN Entire

VEINS Parallel

COMPOSITION Bi-pinnately Compound

FLOWER Spring

FRUIT Fall

EXPOSURE Sun

GROWTH Medium

USE Specimen

DESCRIPTION Leaf is a needle, but the plant is not really a pine even though it produces cones

CULTURAL PRACTICES Propagated by air layering or seed Needs indirect sun Needs some humidity

Cultural Practices Often sold at Christmas as an indoor, potted Christmas tree

PROBLEMS

ZONES 10

NATIVE OF: Norfolk Island (New Zealand)