Micromyrtus blakelyi  |  

Micromyrtus blakelyi, Family Myrtaceae, is a low spreading shrub, growing 30Ð60 cm tall (Wilson, 1991). Its leaves are linear, deeply keeled, 2.5Ð4.5 mm long and approximately
1 mm wide. It often has a reddish tinge and produces small pink flowers in spring (James et al., 1999). Petals are broad-elliptic or obovate, 2Ð3 mm long and sepals (leaf-like structure at base of flower) are 1.5Ð2 mm long, and tinged with pink. Petals, leaves and sepals are fringed with hairs (DEC NSW, 2005).