Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Micromyrtus striata

Flowering stems. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Nombinnie Nature Reserve, near Mt Hope NSW

Leafy stems with spent flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Manna State Forest, near Condobolin

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, near Warraway Mountain, NW of Lake Cargelligo

Common name

A heath-myrtle

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Mallee, woodland, and heath. Western Slopes.

Notes

Shrub to 1.2 m high. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, usually 0.1–0.25 cm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, margins fringed with minute hairs. Flowers white to pinkish, with 5 petals, each 1.5–2 mm long. Hypanthium 1–2.5 mm long, top-shaped, ribs prominent. Flowers single at the base of the upper leaves, forming leafy clusters of 5–10 flowers. Flowering: late winter to spring.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Micromyrtus~striata (accessed 12 January, 2021)