Philotheca verrucosa

taxobox
name = Bendigo Waxflower


image_caption = "Philotheca verrucosa"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Rutaceae
genus = "Philotheca"
species = "P. verrucosa"
binomial = "Philotheca verrucosa"
binomial_authority = (A.Rich.) Paul G.Wilson
synonyms = "Eriostemon verrucosus" A.Rich. "Eriostemon obcordatus" Hook. | "Philotheca verrucosa" , commonly known as Bendigo Waxflower or Fairy Waxflower, is a shrub in the family Rutaceae. The species is endemic to south-east Australia. It is usually up to 1.2 metres high, although heights up to 2 metres have been recorded in Gippsland.cite web | url = http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/gnp14/philotheca-verrucosa.html | title = "Philotheca verrucosa"| work = Growing Australian Plants | publisher = Australian National Botanic Gardens |accessdate=2008-10-11 ] It produces white flowers from August to October in its native range.cite web | url = http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Rutaceae&genus=Eriostemon&species=verrucosus | title = "Eriostemon verrucosus" A.Rich. | work = Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet | publisher = State Herbarium of South Australia |accessdate=2008-10-11 ]

The species was first described in 1834 by French botanist Achille Richard who gave it the name "Erisotemon verrucosum", later amended to "Eriostemon verrucosus". It was transferred to the genus "Philotheca" by Paul G. Wilson in 1998.APNI | name ="Philotheca verrucosa" | id =218012 ]

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