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Thryptomene orbiculata

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Thryptomene orbiculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with broadly egg-shaped to more or less round leaves, and flowers with five pinkish petals and usually ten stamens.

Where it grows

This thryptomene usually grows in sandy soil from near East Yuna to near Mingenew in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic regions of Western Australia.

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 orbiculata 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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