Agonis

taxobox
name = "Agonis"

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image_caption = Flowers of "A. flexuosa"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Agonis"
genus_authority = (DC.) Sweet
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Agonis baxteri"
"Agonis flexuosa"
"Agonis theiformis"
"Agonis undulata"|

"Agonis" is a genus of four species in the plant family Myrtaceae. All are endemic to Western Australia, growing near the coast in the south west.

Only one, "Agonis flexuosa", grows to tree size, the others generally growing as tall shrubs."Agonis" formerly contained a number of other species, but the genus was recently split, with the majority moved to "Taxandria".

"Agonis" generally have fibrous brown bark, dull green leaves and inflorescences of small white flowers. They are most readily identified by the powerful odour of peppermint emitted when the leaves are crushed or torn.

Species

* "A. baxteri"
* "A. flexuosa" Western Australian Peppermint, Swan River Peppermint, Willow Myrtle is the most well-known "Agonis", being a common tree in parks and road verges in southern Australia.
** "A. f." var. "flexuosa"
** "A. f." var. "latifolia"
* "A. theiformis"
* "A. undulata"

The name "Agonis" derives from the Greek "agon", meaning gathering or collection. In reference to the tightly clustered flowers.

"Agonis" is the food plant of the moth "Aenetus dulcis".

As with many Australian natives, when transplanting, great care must be taken when to avoid stressing, straining or jarring the area where the trunk meets the root ball.

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