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Micromyrtus arenicola

Micromyrtus arenicola is a small erect shrub in the myrtle family, endemic to a limited area of sandy country in south-western Western Australia. It is grown mainly by specialist native plant enthusiasts rather than in general horticulture.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy soil, low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Mild temperate to subtropical conditions; frost tolerance not documented.
How easy
Hard
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Micromyrtus arenicola is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with small, linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves and small white flowers.

Where it grows

This species of micromyrtus mainly grows in sand from near Binnu and the Bindoo Hill Nature Reserve in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of south-western Western Australia.

Other Micromyrtus plants

Micromyrtus flava · Micromyrtus acuta · Micromyrtus albicans · Micromyrtus barbata · Micromyrtus blakelyi · Micromyrtus capricornia · Micromyrtus carinata · Micromyrtus chrysodema · Fringed Heath Myrtle · Micromyrtus clavata · Micromyrtus collina · Micromyrtus delicata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micromyrtus arenicola 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.

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