Chamelaucium axillare

Chamaelaucium axillare, commonly known as Esperance waxflower, is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia.[1]

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

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.[1]

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.[2]

Found along the south coast with a scattered distribution in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils.[1]

The species was originally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 as part of the work Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. in Flora Australiensis. The only synonym is Darwinia axillaris by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1882 in the work Systematic Census of Australian Plants.[3]

References
  1. "Chamelaucium axillare". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Chamelaucium axillare". Australian Native Plants. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  3. "Chamelaucium axillare Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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