Scientific Name: Phebalium woombye

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  • Pronunciation:
    fur-BAIL-ee-um WOOM-bye
  • Common Name:
    Phebalium
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    RUTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, rarely pink, 5 petals winter spring
  • Fruit:
    consisting of a number of cocci
  • Vegetation Type:
    Seacoast Wallum woodlands
  • Species List:
    Plants for Coastal Gardens, W2, W1, Hedges, Emu Mt., SBHS, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Sunshine Beach Primary, NNP service road, Cooroibah26.4.09, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Cooloothin Corner, Old Tewantin, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Fraser Island, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Girraween, Marcus Dunes, Dandaloo, Noosa North Shore PS, BHNR, Arthur Harrold NR, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park, Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.l.
Identification Notes

calyx 2-3mm dia. obturbinate, 5-lobed,||

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list. Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type) Hardy. Will grow happily in the most exposed seaside places. ||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Suitable for hedges and screens.||