Chamelaucium axillare

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Esperance wax
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Chamelaucium
Species:
C. axillare
Binomial name
Chamelaucium axillare
Synonyms [1]
  • Chamaelaucium axillare Benth. orth. var.
  • Chamelaucium sp. Hamersley (N.McQuoid 379) WA Herbarium
  • Darwinia axillaris (Benth.) F.Muell.
Habit in Kings Park, Perth Chamelaucium axillare habit.jpg
Habit in Kings Park, Perth

Chamelaucium axillare, commonly known as Esperance waxflower, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia.

The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 2 metres (1 to 7 ft). It blooms between September and December producing white-pink-red flowers. [2]

Often grown as an ornamental shrub it has scented evergreen foliage produces red buds and small white flowers. It can be grown as a light screen and used for cut flowers. [3]

Found along the south coast with a scattered distribution in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils. [2]

The species was originally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 Flora Australiensis . [4] [5] In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller changed the name to Darwinia axillaris in his Systematic Census of Australian Plants , but the name has not been accepted by other authorities. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chamelaucium axillare". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Chamelaucium axillare". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Chamelaucium axillare". Australian Native Plants. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  4. "Chamelaucium axillare". APNI. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. I. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. "Darwinia axillaris". APNI. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1882). Systematic Census of Australian Plants. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 51. Retrieved 1 October 2022.