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Philotheca myoporoides
Long-leaf Wax Flower
Notes

Uses: Suitable for parks, reserves, mixed roadside plantings. Planted en-mass creates a feature hedge, responds well to pruning. A good plant for covering the ground beneath taller shrubs. Fragrant and profuse flowering, attracts native butterflies.
Requires well-drained soils.
Formerly Eriostemon myoporoides
Available in a variety of forms.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:SL: Southern Lofty

 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.8-1m
  • Spread 0.8-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
    • position-partshade Part Shade
  • Family Rutaceae
  • Botanical Name Philotheca myoporoides
  • Common Name Long-leaf Wax Flower
  • Origin Vic, NSW, Qld, ACT
  • Habit Compact
  • Landscape Hills, Footslopes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Heavy frost, Wind
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White
  • Flowering Time Autumn, Spring
  • Flower Type Star
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental, Hedge, Screen
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)