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Waxy Bluebell
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Waxy Bluebell

Wahlenbergia ceracea

Wahlenbergia ceracea (from the Latin cerae = waxy), commonly known as the waxy bluebell, is a small herbaceous plant in the family Campanulaceae native to eastern Australia.

The perennial herb typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 1.1 metres (0 to 4 ft). It blooms in the summer between October and February producing blue-pink-white flowers. It is leafless in its upper parts, and mostly hairless with occasional sparse hairs near the base.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 491965.