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Agonis flexuosa

Agonis flexuosa bark.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Agonis flexuosa wild adults and saplings on sand dunes, Woodhill Forest, Rimmer Road.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 30/09/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Agonis flexuosa wild sapling growing on exposed Pleistocene sand dunes, Woodhill Forest, Rimmer Road.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 30/09/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Oil glands on leaf. Whanganui. Aug 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Whanganui. Aug 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Capsules. Whanganui. Aug 2012.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Agonis, peppermint tree, peppermint myrtle, river myrtle

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Threats

This taxon confirmed to be prone to Myrtle Rust (Austropuccinia psidii), an invasive fungus which threatens myrtle species. Learn more myrtlerust.org.nz

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Myrtaceae

Authority

Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet

Ecology

Year naturalised

1988

Reason for introduction

Horticultural

Life cycle and dispersal

Seeds are dispersed by wind; seeds mostly released on death of branch

Other information

Etymology

flexuosa: Flexuous

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