Micrantheum ericoides

 

Family:            Euphorbiaceae

Plant:              A small shrub up to 50cm high with its male and female flowers on the same plant.

Flowers:         Tiny, white to pink 2mm diameter flowers with 3 stamens. The flowers are either solitary or in pairs.

Flowering:      August-November.

Fruit:               Ovoid 3-lobed capsule 6-7mm long and 4mm wide, yellowish-green turning red.

Leaves:          Linear to narrow elliptic leaves 4-10mm long and 1-2mm wide, 3-whorled and alternately arranged along stem. The leaves are reddish when young.

Habitat:           Common in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland – usually in the shelter of other large shrubs.

Features:       Leaves in groups of 3. Tiny white flowers. 3-lobed fruit.

Name:

Micrantheum From Greek = tiny-flower

ericoides        From its leaves being similar to those of the Erica or Heath

Search Criteria

 

Type

Shrub

Flowers

Form

Regular, Single

 

Colour(s)

White, Pink

 

Petal/Sepal No.

-

 

Flowering Month

8, 9, 10, 11

Fruit

Type       

Capsule

 

Colour

Red, Yellow, Green

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Alternate, Whorled

 

Type       

Simple

 

Shape

Linear, Oval

 

Length    

Tiny

 

Margins  

Entire

 

Attachment

Unstalked

 

Other Features

-

Bark

-

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland