Kerosene Wood

Calytrix achaeta

(F.Muell.) Benth. Species

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Botanical name
Calytrix achaeta
Also known as
Fringe Myrtle, Kerosene Wood, White-Flowered Turkey Bush
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Calytrix
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Kerosene Wood

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Calytrix achaeta but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Calycothrix achaeta Calytrix cuspidata Lhotskya cuspidata

Others in Calytrix

Calytrix microcoma
Calytrix simplex
Calytrix superba
Calytrix violacea
Calytrix hirta
Calytrix inopinata
Calytrix involucrata
Calytrix megaphylla

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