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Creeping boobialla
Myoporum is a genus of about 30 species, of which 16 are found here in Australia. Natural range is in south west New South Wales, central and western Victoria and eastern South Australia.
Featured here is M. parvifolium which is a prostrate shrub forming broad mats of foliage to about 3 m in diameter. The leaves are narrowly oblong up to 50 mm in length by 5-8 mm. The flowers occur in the leaf axils in late spring through to early autumn. They are star-shaped, about 10 mm in diameter and may be white or pale pink with purple spots. The flowers are followed by globular shaped fruits.
''Myoporum parvifolium'', commonly known as creeping boobialla, is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a low, spreading shrub with long, trailing stems and white, star-shaped flowers and is endemic to southern Australia including Flinders Island.
