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Mouse Bush

Homoranthus papillatus

Mouse Bush
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland (Mt. Norman)
Climate
subtropical

About

Homoranthus papillatus, commonly known as mouse bush, is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in southern Queensland. It is a compact shrub with curved, linear leaves and pale yellow flowers arranged in upper leaf axils.

Where it grows

Mouse bush is endemic to Mount Norman in Girraween National Park, Queensland where it grows in heath on skeletal sandy soils among crevices of granite outcrops.

Other Homoranthus plants

Homoranthus bebo · Homoranthus biflorus · Binghi Homoranthus · Homoranthus brevistylis · Homoranthus bruhlii · Homoranthus cernuus · Homoranthus clarksonii · Homoranthus coracinus · Bolivia Homoranthus · Homoranthus cummingii · Fairy Bells · Homoranthus decasetus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Homoranthus papillatus 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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