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Gossia fragrantissima

Gossia fragrantissima
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Gossia fragrantissima, the sweet myrtle or small-leaved myrtle, is a shrub or small tree of eastern Australia. A plant with a ROTAP rating of 3EC-, endangered by extinction.

It is found in sub-tropical rainforests near streams, from near Woodburn, New South Wales to Nambour in southeastern Queensland. It features fragrant flowers, hence the specific epithet fragrantissima. White flowers grow from October to February.

Other Gossia plants

Eugenia virotii · Scrub Ironwood · Python Tree · Gossia byrnesii · Cape Ironwood · Angle Stemmed Myrtle · Gossia pubiflora · Dotted Myrtle · Gossia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gossia fragrantissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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