Micromyrtus fimbrisepala

Micromyrtus fimbrisepala is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland Australia. It is a shrub with overlapping, broadly elliptic to more or less round leaves and small pink flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

Description

Micromyrtus fimbrisepala is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to. Its leaves are overlapping, decussate, broadly elliptic to more or less round, long, up to wide and more or less sessile. The flowers are arranged singly in upper leaf axils on a peduncle long with 2 bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are more or less round, about in diameter and the petals are pink, about in diameter. There are ten stamens, the filaments long. Flowering has been observed in February and October.

Taxonomy

Micromyrtus fimbrisepala was first formally described in 1980 by John Green in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected west of Warburton by Alex George in 1966. The specific epithet means "fringed sepals".

Distribution and habitat

This species grows in on sand dunes in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia, and in the far west of South Australia.