Micromyrtus minutiflora
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| Micromyrtus minutiflora | |
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| Micromyrtus minutiflora | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Micromyrtus |
| Species: | M. minutiflora |
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| Micromyrtus minutiflora | |
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Micromyrtus minutiflora is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a slender, spreading shrub with oblong to egg-shaped leaves and white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.
Micromyrtus minutiflora is a slender, spreading shrub that typically grows to height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall. The leaves are oblong to egg-shaped, 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long and 0.5–1.0 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide with hairy edges. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils, sometimes in clusters at the ends of branches, on a peduncle up to 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long, with 2 bracteoles about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long at the base. The sepals are membrane-like and about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long and the petals white and about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. There are 5 stamens, the filaments up to 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is a nut.[3][4][1][5]
Taxonomy and naming
Micromyrtus minutiflora was first formally described in 1867 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis.[6][7] The specific epithet (minutiflora) means "tiny-flowered".[4]