| Esperance wax | |
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Scientific classification 
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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 Benth. | |
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Chamelaucium axillare, commonly known as Esperance waxflower, 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.
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.
Found along the south coast with a scattered distribution in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils.
The species was originally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 Flora Australiensis. 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.
References
- ^ "Chamelaucium axillare". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ^ "Chamelaucium axillare". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- "Chamelaucium axillare". Australian Native Plants. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- "Chamelaucium axillare". APNI. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. I. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- "Darwinia axillaris". APNI. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- von Mueller, Ferdinand (1882). Systematic Census of Australian Plants. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 51. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Chamelaucium axillare | |