Lithomyrtus obtusa (Endl.) N.Snow & Guymer

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae > Lithomyrtus

Characteristics

A bushy little shrub. It grows about 1-2 m tall. New growth has soft hairs. The leaves are opposite. They have white or brown hairs. The leaves are dull green. They are narrowly oval and 2-4 cm long by 1-1.3 cm wide. They are leathery. The flowers are pink. They occur singly in the axils of leaves. They have large showy, pink petals. The fruit are hard round berries. They are about 1 cm long.
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A tropical plant. It grows along the foreshores in tropical Queensland. It grows near the coastal sandy woodland.
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Seeds germinate easily.
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Images

Lithomyrtus obtusa unspecified picture

Distribution

Lithomyrtus obtusa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1007167-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230344
COL ID 3VKSN
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Lithomyrtus obtusa Myrtella obtusa Fenzlia obtusa