Myoporum parvifolium
| Creeping Boobialla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Myoporum |
| Species: | M. parvifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Myoporum parvifolium R.Br.[1] | |
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Myoporum parvifolium (Creeping Boobialla, Creeping Myoporum or Dwarf Native Myrtle) is a prostrate shrub which is endemic to Australia. The plant forms a mat to around 3 metres in diameter and has glabrous leaves which are 1 to 6 cm long and 1.5 to 8 mm in width. White flowers with purple spots appear in the leaf axils singly or in clusters of 2 or 3 and are 7 to 9 mm in diameter.[2] Peak flowering times are winter to summer in New South Wales and October to March in South Australia.[2][3] The succulent, rounded fruits are yellowish-white and up to 8.5 mm in diameter.[2][3]
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810.[1]
Distribution
Myoporum parvifolium occurs in New South Wales,[2] Victoria,[2] and South Australia[3] In New South Wales it occurs in the south-west near the border with Victoria.[2] It is also used as a ground cover for xeriscaped grounds in the southwestern continental United States and considered invasive to the same region.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Myoporum parvifolium". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 New South Wales Flora Online: Myoporum parvifolium by R.J. Chinnock, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Myoporum parvifolium". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ↑ "Invasive Plants". Retrieved 2008-09-19.