Micromyrtus ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading to erect shrub with crowded, oblong to egg-shaped leaves and small white or pink flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils, forming clusters on the ends of branches.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Fringed heath myrtle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Micromyrtus sessilis
- Baeckea brevifolia
- Thryptomene saxicola
- Rinzia ericaea
- Micromyrtus blakelyi
- Aluta maisonneuvei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Micromyrtus
- Species
- Micromyrtus ciliata
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