Micromyrtus blakelyi

Micromyrtus blakelyi
Muogamarra Nature Reserve, Australia
Conservation status
Vulnerable (EPBC Act)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Tribe:	Chamelaucieae
Genus:	Micromyrtus
Species:	M. blakelyi
Binomial name
Micromyrtus blakelyi J.W.Green

Micromyrtus blakelyi is a spreading shrub in the myrtle family. It is found near the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney. Usually growing in depressions and crevices in Hawkesbury Sandstone.^[1] Growing from 0.3 to 0.6 metres tall with a cushion like appearance. Flowering occurs from August to October. A rare plant, listed in New South Wales as vulnerable .^[2] First collected by botanists in 1958 and named in honour of William Faris Blakely.

• See also another rare related Sydney species: Micromyrtus minutiflora

References

1. ^ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 9780731812110 page 59
2. ^ "Micromyrtus blakelyi , PlantNET - NSW Flora Online". http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Micromyrtus~blakelyi. Retrieved 2012-08-29.