''Waitzia suaveolens'', commonly known as fragrant waitzia, is an annual herb in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Plants grows to 0.6 metres in height and flower between September and January. The species was first formally described in 1837 and named '' Leptorhynchus suaveolens'' by English botanist

George Bentham George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studi ...

based on plant material collected from the Swan River region. It was subsequently placed in the genus ''

Waitzia ''Waitzia'' is a genus of Australian plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. The genus is native to Australia, where it grows in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia ...

'' in 1917. Two varieties are currently recognised: *''Waitzia suaveolens'' var. ''flava'' Paul G.Wilson *''Waitzia suaveolens'' (Benth.) Druce var. ''suaveolens''

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suaveolens Flora of New South Wales Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of South Australia Flora of Victoria (state) Eudicots of Western Australia {{Australia-asterid-stub