species 2,566 observations

Western Australian Peppermint

Agonis flexuosa

Field notes

Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as peppermint, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as wanil, wonnow, wonong or wannang. It is a tree or shrub with pendulous, very narrowly elliptic, narrowly elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped leaves, white flowers with 20 to 25 stamens opposite the sepals and broadly top-shaped to broadly cup-shaped capsules.

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2 native animals
supported in the US

Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Florida Red Scale, Dictyospermum Scale 2

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer: Trees
Light: Full sun Part shade
Moisture: Well drained Moist
Soil: Sand Loam Clay
Soil pH: Neutral Alkaline
Drought tolerant: Yes
Resists: Salt
Habit: Rounded Vase Weeping
Plant type: Tree

From NC State Extension.