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Agastachys (Proteaceae) 3:601 

Agastachys odorata (White Waratah) is the only species of this genus, and is native only in western and southern Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with entire, glabrous, fairly succulent leaves, and erect spikes of flowers in the upper leaf axils. It grows on very nutrient poor soils in button grass sedgeland, scrubby vegetation and some kinds of rainforest.

 
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