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Micromyrtus redita

Micromyrtus redita
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Micromyrtus redita is a small, densely branched shrub in the myrtle family, endemic to south-western Western Australia. It is a wild species of the Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie regions and is rarely grown in gardens.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil, as in its native wheatbelt habitat.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and mild winters; protect below about 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Micromyrtus redita is species of the flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a densely branched shrub with narrowly oblong to elliptic leaves, reddish sepals and white or pink petals.

Where it grows

This species of micromyrtus grows in the Avon Wheatbelt and Coolgardie bioregions of south-western 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 redita 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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