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Chamelaucium megalopetalum Benth.
Large Waxflower

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:38 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.25-1.4(-2) m high. Fl. white-pink/red/cream-yellow, May to Dec. Yellow or grey/white sand, gravelly lateritic soils. Sandplains, sandy ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 February 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin.