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Hypocalymma serrulatum, early myrtle, is a small erect shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its white or pink flowers. It needs well-drained sandy soil, full sun and dry conditions, as in its native sandplain habitat.
Hypocalymma serrulatum commonly known as early myrtle, is a species of flowering in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub, with linear leaves, and white or pink flowers with 40 to 55 stamens.
This species of Hypocalymma is found in low-lying areas at the base of low hills, often in Banksia woodland and with Eucalyptus todtiana, from near Hill River to the south of Badgingarra National Park in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
White Myrtle · Hypocalymma asperum · Hypocalymma connatum · Hypocalymma cordifolium · Hypocalymma elongatum · Hypocalymma ericifolium · Hypocalymma gardneri · Hypocalymma hirsutum · Barrens Myrtle · Hypocalymma linifolium · Hypocalymma longifolium · Hypocalymma melaleucoides
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypocalymma serrulatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
