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Hypocalymma xanthopetalum
Yellow myrtle is a low, bushy Western Australian shrub with small yellow flowers, native to sandy heath and woodland. It grows well in full sun or part shade with excellent drainage.
Hypocalymma xanthopetalum, commonly known as yellow myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-growing to erect or sprawling shrub with sessile, oblong leaves, and pale to bright yellow flowers with 80 to 135 stamens.
This species can be maintained as a well-rounded bush in cultivation and is suitable for growing in a container. It requires excellent drainage and prefers a position in full sun or partial shade. It has a degree of frost-resistance.
Yellow myrtle grows in sandplains in heath, shrubland or woodland between Geraldton and north of Muchea in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypocalymma xanthopetalum 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.
