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Ironwood or rusty rhodomyrtus
Rhodomyrtus pervagata
About
Rhodomyrtus pervagata, commonly known as ironwood or rusty rhodomyrtus, is a species of plants in the clove and eucalyptus family Myrtaceae, found only in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a shrub or small tree to 8 m (26 ft) high and a trunk diameter up to 14 cm (5.5 in), with simple 3-veined leaves and very small flowers up to 3.5 mm (0.14 in) diameter. It grows in and on the margins of coastal and sub-coastal rainforest, from the Windsor Tablelands south to the Paluma Range National Park. It prefers soils derived from granite or basalt. The species epithet pervagata means 'common' and refers to its habit of growing along roadsides.
- Family
- Myrtaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Rhodomyrtus pervagata
- Slug
- rhodomyrtus-pervagata
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Rhodomyrtus
- Species
- pervagata
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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