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Thryptomene oligandra

Thryptomene oligandra
Photo: J. Wrigley, CC BY 4.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Thryptomene oligandra is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern Queensland. It is a shrub, sometimes a small tree, with decussate, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and flowers with five petals and five stamens.

Where it grows

This thryptomene grows in heath, forest and vine thickets on Cape York Peninsula and in north-east Queensland.

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 oligandra 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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