Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Agonis flexuosa

Common name

None

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Urban bushland, roadsides, and gardens. Sydney area. Occasionally elsewhere.

Native to the coastal districts of south-western Western Australia.

Notes

Introduced tree or shrub to 10 m high. Branchlets usually almost hairless, often zig-zaggy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating along the stems, hanging down, 1.8–13.5 cm long, 3.5–12 mm wide, hairless, sometimes hairy, margins more or less entire, tips pointed. Flowers with 5 white petals each 3–6 mm long. Flowers in small clusters about 8–12 mm in diameter. Flowers Sep.–Dec.

VICFLORA description:  https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/7c75cf87-6227-48b6-b356-4c687eb7d883  (accessed 9 January, 2021)