Chamelaucium virgatum

Chamelaucium virgatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Chamelaucium
Species: C. virgatum
Binomial name
Chamelaucium virgatum

Chamaelaucium virgatum is a member of the Myrtaceae family endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1.7 metres (1.0 to 5.6 ft). It blooms in between August and January producing white-pink flowers.[1]

Found on sand plains in an area extending from the southern Wheatbelt and into the south western Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils over laterite.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chamelaucium virgatum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.


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