Geraldton wax

Shrubs to 3 m. Leaves: blade linear, 1.6–4 cm × 0.5–1 mm, about as thick as wide, mid­vein impressed adaxially, apex sharply pointed, often curved downward, surfaces conspic­uously glandular. Inflorescences in axils of leaves or bracts, these often deciduous. Peduncles 4–12 mm. Flowers to 2 cm wide; calyx lobes broadly rounded, 0.5–1 mm; petals soon falling, spreading, suborbiculate, 4–5 mm; stamens 1–2 mm, alternate staminodes; filaments of stamens and staminodes fused in a short, tubular ring; style 4 mm.

Flowering spring. Disturbed areas; ca. 200 m; introduced; Calif.; w Australia.

In the flora area, Chamelaucium uncinatum is known from San Diego County.