Family: Myrtaceae

Chamelaucium ciliatum (stirling wax) is an erect or spreading shrub endemic to Western Australia. It is an ornamental shrub that is popular in gardens. The flowers are used in flower arrangements and the leaves may be used to make tea. This plant has not been documented as naturalized in any Hawaiian Islands to date.

High Risk Traits:

• Other species in genus are invasive
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• Seeds dispersed by gravity, possibly wind, and intentionally by people
  
• Tolerates repeated cutting and pruning

Low Risk Traits:

• No reports of invasiveness or naturalization, but limited evidence of introduction outside native range
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Seeds generally lack means for long-distance dispersal