Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Ochrosperma oligomerum

Flowering stem. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

None

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath, on sandstone ridges or outcrops. Blue Mountains and north.

Notes

Dense, spreading shrub to 0.5 m high and 2 m diameter. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 0.25–0.55 cm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, tips curved down, surfaces hairless. Flowers 3.5–5 mm in diameter, with 5 white petals. Flowers single or in pairs, which often form dense clusters up the stems. Flowers mainly Spring and early Summer.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ochrosperma~oligomerum  (accessed 23 January, 2021)