Agonis flexuosa
Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 6.7 m
- wide
- 4.6 m
Myrtaceae
Formerly Billotia flexuosa, Leptospermum flexuosum, Metrosideros flexuosa
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. Western AustraliaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Desert Tropicals and Tropical Plant Encyclopedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Desert Tropicals full; Tropical Plant Encyclopedia full, part
- Height
- 5.3 m to 8.1 mRead from Desert Tropicals and Tropical Plant Encyclopedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Desert Tropicals 25–33 ft; Tropical Plant Encyclopedia 10–20 ft
- Spread
- 4.0 m to 5.3 mRead from Desert Tropicals and Tropical Plant Encyclopedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Desert Tropicals 20–20 ft; Tropical Plant Encyclopedia 6–15 ft
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Desert Tropicals and Tropical Plant Encyclopedia, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: Desert Tropicals low; Tropical Plant Encyclopedia medium
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, Desert Tropicals and Tropical Plant Encyclopedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by all 3 sources
- Coldest it survives
- -9.4 °C (USDA zone 8b)Read from Desert Tropicals and Tropical Plant Encyclopedia, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: Desert Tropicals -6.7 °C; Tropical Plant Encyclopedia -12.2 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (1)
- Chinese
- 柳香桃, 香柳梅
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Desert Tropicals, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Tropical Plant Encyclopedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Agonis flexuosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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