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Myoporum brevipes, the pale myoporum, is a low to upright native shrub of arid southern Australia with fleshy, warty leaves and small white or pink flowers. It suits dry, sandy conditions and is best grown with good drainage and sun.
Myoporum brevipes, commonly known as the pale myoporum, is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is sometimes a prostrate, others an erect shrub. Its branches and leaves are warty and it has white or pink flowers, often spotted, followed by succulent white fruits. It generally grows in arid areas in South Australia but has also been found in Victoria and Western Australia.
Myoporum brevipes occurs mainly in South Australia, although there are small populations in Western Australia. It is very rare in Victoria with only a few individual plants near Boinka. It grows in sandy soils containing calcium carbonate on sand dunes or near saline lakes and often in disturbed situations such as roadsides.
Mangrove Boobialla · Myoporum bateae · Myoporum betcheanum · Myoporum boninense subsp. australe · Boobialla · Myoporum bontioides · Myoporum caprarioides · Myoporum cordifolium · Myoporum crassifolium · Myoporum floribundum · Common Boobialla · Ngaio tree
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Myoporum brevipes 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.
