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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
branches and younger stems (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
paired linear leaves with hooked tips (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of leaves and flower buds (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of paler flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flowers from side-on (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Chamelaucium uncinatum Schauer
Family
Myrtaceae
Common Names
Geraldton wax, Geraldton wax flower, Geraldton waxflower , Geraldton wax plant
Origin
Native to coastal areas, the edges of swamps, hillsides, and plains in some western parts of Western Australia.
Naturalised Distribution
This species is naturalised beyond its native range in parts of south-western Western Australia.
Notes
Geraldton wax (Chamelaucium uncinatum) is regarded as an environmental weed in those parts of Western Australia where it has become naturalised outside its native range. For example, it has escaped from plantings at Kings Park in Perth and invaded nearby bushland areas. This species is noted to be seriously invasive in some situations in south-western Western Australia, and can cause major structural changes to the plant communities that it invades.
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