Cryptandra scoparia

Cryptandra scoparia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–90 cm (7.9–35.4 in) and has white to cream-coloured flowers from May to June or August.^[2] It was first formally described in 1848 by Siegfried Reissek in Plantae Preissianae.^[3][4] The specific epithet (scoparia) means "sweeper", hence "broom-like".^[5]

Cryptandra scoparia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rhamnaceae
Genus:	Cryptandra
Species:	C. scoparia
Binomial name
Cryptandra scoparia Reissek[1]

This cryptandra grows in sandy soil over laterite in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.^[2]