Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Backhousia myrtifolia
Grey myrtle, Ironwood, Carrol
Myrtaceae
Rainforest, moist gullies, and near streams. Coast, ranges, and the eastern parts of the tablelands.
Tree or shrub to about 30 m tall. Bark rough, longitudinally fissured, becoming scaly to flaky. Young branchlets whitish hairy, becoming hairless. Leaves aromatic with a sweet cinnamon scent when rubbed, opposite each other, 3-8 cm long, 9-40 mm wide, dark green, more or less hairy but usually becoming hairless with age, tips gradually tapering to a point. Flowers white, 12-15 mm in diameter, with 5 petals, and 5 white to yellowish sepals that look like petals. Flowers in clusters, the clusters on stalks 20–35 mm long. Flowers Summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Backhousia~myrtifolia (accessed 4 January, 2021)
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