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Twiggy Myrtle

Sannantha similis

Twiggy Myrtle
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SE. Queensland to E. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sannantha similis is a species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly lance-shaped leaves, and groups of three white flowers arranged in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Sannantha similis grows in a range of habitats, including open forest and rainforest margins, from near Brisbane in south-eastern Queensland to near Newcastle in New South Wales.

Other Sannantha plants

Clarence River Baeckea · Tall Baeckea · Sannantha brachypoda · Sannantha collina · Sannantha crassa · Sannantha crenulata · Sannantha cunninghamii · Sannantha papillosa · Tall Baeckea · Sannantha tozerensis · Tall Baeckea · Sannantha whitei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sannantha similis 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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