Bendigo Wax - native (Philotheca verrucosa)

Family: Rutaceae .

Other names: Formerly Eriostemon verrucosus, Fairy Wax-flower.

Native.

Occurrence: Widespread and common throughout the Castlemaine forests.

Identification:

• it is shrub
• the leaves are thick, slightly warty and curved inwards, so that the tips appear to be slightly notched
• the white flowers have five waxy petals
• the buds are often pink.

Sometimes Double Wax appear. They are much prized by nurseries and seldom survive long in the wild state.

Name: verrucosa: warty.

Photos: 1: Kaweka Wildflower Reserve. 2: Fryers Ridge Road.
3: Fryers Ridge Road, south end. 4: Double Wax, Kaweka, where planted.