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Sannantha virgata
Commonly known as heath myrtle, this is a mid-sized, woody shrub with beautiful long weeping foliage that gets covered with tiny, honey-scented white flowers late spring and on through summer. New growth is a rich bronze colour maturing to very fine green foliage.
Each flower just 5 mm diameter. Growing to 3 m.
Baeckea virgata were transferred to the genus Babingtonia but has now been assigned to the genus Sannantha.
''Sannantha virgata'' is a flowering shrub species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia. Plants grow to between 0.5 and 3 metres high. White flowers appear in spring or summer with 5 rounded petals surrounding 7 to 10 stamens. The fruits are 1–2 mm wide and 2–3 mm in length.
Similar species: Myrtles, Evening Primroses.
By Ruth Spigelman
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Uploaded Nov 23, 2021. Captured Nov 20, 2021 06:10 in 59 Merewether St, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
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