Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A low spreading shrub up to 20cm high.
Flowers: Solitary white to rose-pink, 7-10mm across, with 5 rounded petals, a central disc and 10 stamens.
Flowering: August-January.
Fruit: A globular red capsule 3-5mm diameter.
Leaves: Linear to lanceolate, 3-13mm long and 1-3mm wide, opposite, dark green aromatic with oil dots.
Habitat: Heathland and dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Low sprawling habit. Small rose-pink flowers. Aromatic leaves.
Name:
Euryomyrtus From Greek = broad-myrtle
ramosissima From Latin = having-branches
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Red |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Oil dots/Glands, |
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Aromatic |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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