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Hypocalymma angustifolium (Endl.) Schauer
White Myrtle

Reference
Linnaea 17:241 (1843)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-stemmed shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. white-cream, Jun to Oct. Grey to white sand, peaty soils, sandy clay, sandstone. Flats, swamps, along watercourses, near permanent fresh-water springs, outcrops, hillsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 October 2004
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Chittering, Claremont, Collie, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Mandurah, Melville, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Perth, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, York.