Micromyrtus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Micromyrtus are shrubs with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white, pink or yellow flowers arranged in upper leaf axils, the flowers with five sepals five petals and five or ten stamens.
Micromyrtus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Micromyrtus are shrubs with simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white, pink or yellow flowers arranged in upper leaf axils, the flowers with five sepals five petals and five or ten stamens.
==Description== Plants in the genus Micromyrtus are shrubs typically less than high. They have crowded, overlapping, simple leaves arranged in opposite pairs, oblong to lance-shaped and usually less than long. The flowers are arranged singly or in groups of up to three on a common peduncle, often forming clusters on the ends of branches. The flowers usually have five, (rarely six) small sepals and five (rarely six) white, pink or yellow, elliptic to round petals that are free from each other, and five or ten (rarely six or twelve) stamens. The fruit is a small, dry, indehiscent nut, usually containing a single seed.
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