Myricaceae
Wax myrtle
Myrica cerifera
- Family
- Myricaceae
- Genus
- Myrica
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- الميرقية الشمعية, شجرة الشمع, شمعية
- arz
- موريلا سيريفيرا
- Belarusian
- Васкоўніца вашчаная
- Chinese
- 腊杨梅
- English
- Wax myrtle
- gv
- Billey cainleagh
- Japanese
- シロコヤマモモ
Synonyms
- Cerophora angustifolia Raf.
- Cerophora inodora Raf.
- Cerophora lanceolata Raf.
- Cerophora spicans Raf.
- Cerothamnus ceriferus (L.) Small
- Cerothamnus pumilus (Michx.) Small
- Lacistema alterum Spreng.
- Lacistema berteroanum Schult.
- Morella cerifera (L.) Small
- Morella domingana (C.DC.) Carlquist
- Morella pumila (Michx.) Small
- Myrica altera C.DC.
- Myrica apiculata Urb. & Ekman
- Myrica cerifera var. angustifolia Aiton
- Myrica cerifera var. arborescens Castigl.
- Myrica cerifera var. arborescens Michx.
- Myrica cerifera var. dubia A.Chev.
- Myrica cerifera var. pumila Michx.
- Myrica domingana C.DC.
- Myrica jamaicensis R.A.Howard & Proctor
- Myrica mexicana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Myrica mexicana var. fastuosa A.Chev.
- Myrica mexicana var. subglabra A.Chev.
- Myrica microcarpa Benth.
- Myrica microcarpa var. angustifolia C.DC.
- Myrica microstachya Krug & Urb.
- Myrica polycarpa M.Martens & Galeotti
- Myrica pumila (Michx.) Small
- Myrica pusilla Raf.
- Myrica reticulata Krug & Urb.
- Myrica verrucosa Raf.
- Myrica xalapensis Kunth
- Pimecaria odorata Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 286 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: En el nido, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.