Micromyrtus clavata

Micromyrtus clavata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is an erect, compact or sprawling shrub with erect, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and small white flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

Description
Micromyrtus clavata is an erect, compact or sprawling shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.8 m. Its leaves are erect or almost pressed against the stem, mostly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.3–2.0 mm long, 0.7–1 mm wide on a petiole 0.2–0.3 mm long. The flowers are arranged singly in up to 7 upper leaf axils on a peduncle 0.5–1.1 mm long with bracteoles 0.5–0.7 mm long at the base. The sepals are egg-shaped, 0.25–0.5 mm long and the petals are white, 1.3–1.4 mm long. There are ten stamens, the filaments 0.4–0.5 mm long. Flowering occurs from June to September.

Taxonomy
Micromyrtus clavata was first formally described in 2006 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from an unpublished description by John Green of specimens collected 48 km south of Paynes Find in 1967. The specific epithet (clavata) means "club-shaped", referring to the leaves of this species.

Distribution and habitat
This species grows in sandy soils, often on granite outcrops or on laterite, sometimes in winter-wet areas from near Paynes Find to near Leonora in the Avon Wheatbelt, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of inland Western Australia.