Euryomyrtus ramosissima subsp. ramosissima
Shrub, prostrate to 60 cm high, sparsely branched to densely matted. Leaves linear-lanceolate or narrowly ovate, 2–14 mm long, leathery. Flowers solitary, rarely 2, 5–15 mm across, erect at anthesis, later deflexed; petals 2–4.5 mm wide; floral trichomes present near stamens; stamens rarely fewer than 10; ovules usually 5 per cell. Fruit 4–4.5 mm diam.; seeds 3–4 per cell. Flowers mostly Aug.–Jan.
GleP, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, HSF, HNF, VAlp. SA, NSW, Tas. Widespread throughout much of inland Victoria, with isolated near-coastal occurrences at Frankston and Mt Richmond. Found mainly in heathland, woodland and dry sclerophyll forests on sandy or loamy soils.
At least 2 more or less distinctive variants occur in Victoria; one a low, suberect, shrub from dryish open-forest, the other a closely mat-forming plant from alpine and subalpine sites.
Jeanes, J.A. (1996). Myrtaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 942–1044. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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