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Micromyrtus triptycha

Micromyrtus triptycha
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Micromyrtus triptycha is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow, white or cream-coloured flowers with 10 stamens.

Where it grows

Micromyrtus triptycha grows on sand plains, hills, slopes and disturbed areas between Harrismith, Hyden and Lake King in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Mallee bioregions in the south-west of 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 triptycha 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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