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Philotheca myoporoides
The long-leaf waxflower Philotheca myoporoides is an Australian native plant, growing naturally in Queensland, here in New South Wales and Victoria.
Seen near a creek in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.
It is a hardy, large shrub with a long flowering season of tiny white to pale pink flowers. Leaves are sessile, oblong to egg-shaped and glandular-warty. The foliage emits a lovely citrus-like aroma.
Each flower no bigger than 10 mm. Seen here are two flowers with some unopened buds.
"Philotheca myoporoides" is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with sessile, oblong to egg-shaped, glandular-warty leaves and white to pink flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. Prior to 1998 it was known as "Eriostemon myoporoides".
