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Chamelaucium virgatum

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Species of flowering plant

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

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

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.

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.

References

  1. ^ "Chamelaucium virgatum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Taxon identifiers
Chamelaucium virgatum


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