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Thryptomene

Thryptomene
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 2.5
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)

About

Thryptomene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Thryptomene are shrubs with small leaves arranged in opposite pairs and white or pink flowers. About forty-seven species of Thryptomene, occurring in all Australian states and the Northern Territory, have been formally described.

How to grow it

Thryptomene saxicola has been cultivated for many years as a hardy garden plant and along with T. calycina is popular in the cut-flower trade.

Other Thryptomene plants

Hook Leaf Thryptomene · Thryptomene baeckeacea · Thryptomene biseriata · Thryptomene caduca · Thryptomene calcicola · Grampians Thryptomene · Thryptomene costata · Thryptomene cuspidata · Thryptomene dampieri · Thryptomene decussata · Thryptomene denticulata · Thryptomene duplicata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thryptomene by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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