Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Euryomyrtus denticulata

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Wadbilliga National Park

Flowering branches. Photographer Don Wood, Wadbilliga National Park

Shrubs. Photographer Jackie Miles

Common name

Thyme heath-myrtle

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Heath and forest margins at high altitudes. Ranges and tablelands south of Bredbo. Mountains south of Tumut.

Notes

Sprawling or prostrate shrub to 0.2 m tall. Stems hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 0.3-0.7 cm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, tips blunt to pointed, bases more or less cordate, margins finely toothed or fringed, and often slightly curved down. Flowers 6-8 mm in diameter, with 5 white to pink petals, single, sometimes in pairs. Flowers Spring.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Euryomyrtus~denticulata  (accessed 22 January, 2021)