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Micromyrtus placoides

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
WC. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Micromyrtus placoides is a species of the flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the inland areas of Western Australia. It is a shrub with glabrous, oblong to almost round leaves, white flowers 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) in diameter, and 10 stamens in each flower.

Where it grows

This species occurs in a similar habitat to M. acuta, possibly also on granite, and occurs near Tallatering Peak and near Cue in the Murchison and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of inland Western Australia.

Other Micromyrtus plants

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 placoides 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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