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Waxy Cryptandra

Cryptandra arbutiflora

Waxy Cryptandra
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Cryptandra arbutiflora, commonly known as waxy cryptandra, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with spiny branches, elliptic to linear leaves and tube-shaped white flowers.

Where it grows

Cryptandra arbutiflora occurs between the south coast and the Dandaragan area to the north and also near Geraldton. It grows in a variety of soils on granite outcrops, breakaways and creek banks.

Other Cryptandra plants

Cryptandra alpina · Bitter Cryptandra · Cryptandra apetala · Cryptandra aridicola · Cryptandra armata · Cryptandra beverleyensis · Cryptandra campanulata · Cryptandra ciliata · Cryptandra congesta · Cryptandra craigiae · Cryptandra debilis · Cryptandra dielsii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cryptandra arbutiflora 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.

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