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Agastachys odorata
Agastachys odorata, commonly known as the white waratah or fragrant candlebush, is the sole member of the genus Agastachys in the plant family Proteaceae. It is an evergreen shrub to small tree and is endemic to the heaths and buttongrass sedgelands of western Tasmania.
Agastachys odorata is endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It grows in highest abundances in the western and southern regions of Tasmania. A. odorata occurs in a variety of 'wet' vegetation types across Tasmania, most often in heath, scrub, wet sclerophyll/eucalypt forest, temperate rainforest and occasionally in alpine regions. A. odorata prefers areas of high rainfall, hence its limited distribution toward to drier eastern parts of Tasmania.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agastachys by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
