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Micromyrtus patula is a small, sparsely known shrub in the myrtle family, endemic to a tiny area of south-eastern Queensland (known only from Barakula State Forest). It is not a commonly grown garden plant, so care guidance is limited.
Micromyrtus patula is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with small, overlapping linear to lance-shaped leaves, and small white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils, usually with 5 stamens in each flower.
This species of micromyrtus is only known from the type location in the Barakula State Forest, where it grows in heath on a rocky sandstone platform.
Micromyrtus flava · Micromyrtus acuta · Micromyrtus albicans · Micromyrtus arenicola · Micromyrtus barbata · Micromyrtus blakelyi · Micromyrtus capricornia · Micromyrtus carinata · Micromyrtus chrysodema · Fringed Heath Myrtle · Micromyrtus clavata · Micromyrtus collina
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Micromyrtus patula 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.
