Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Micromyrtus blakelyi

Flowering branches with ?spent flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer S Douglas, South Maroota Reserve, near Hawkesbury River

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer S Douglas, Marramarra National Park, near Hawkesbury River

Common name

None

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Heath in cracks and depressions of sandstone rock platforms. Within 5 km of the Hawkesbury River between near Richmond and the ocean. Mainly south of the river.

Notes

Low spreading shrub to 0.6 m high. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 0.25–0.45 cm long, about 1 mm wide, deeply keeled, margins and keel fringed with hairs. Flowers with 5 white to pink petals each 2–3 mm long. Sepals tinged pink. Hypanthium top-shaped, 2–2.5 mm long. Flowers single at the base of the upper leaves, forming loose heads; or in elongated leafy clusters. Flowers spring.

Vulnerable Australia. Vulnerable NSW. Provisions of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.

NSW Threatened Species profile:   http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10527 (accessed 7 January, 2021)

PlantNET description with line drawings and photo:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Micromyrtus~blakelyi (accessed 7 January, 2021)