Micromyrtus fimbrisepala

Micromyrtus fimbrisepala is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland Australia. It is a shrub with overlapping, broadly elliptic to more or less round leaves and small pink flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

Description
Micromyrtus fimbrisepala is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 0.7 m. Its leaves are overlapping, decussate, broadly elliptic to more or less round, 1.0–2.2 mm long, up to 1.5 mm wide and more or less sessile. The flowers are arranged singly in upper leaf axils on a peduncle 0.5–1.0 mm long with 2 bracteoles 1.8 mm long at the base. The sepals are more or less round, about 2 mm in diameter and the petals are pink, about 2 mm in diameter. There are ten stamens, the filaments 0.4 mm long. Flowering has been observed in February and October.

Taxonomy
Micromyrtus fimbrisepala was first formally described in 1980 by John Green in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected west of Warburton by Alex George in 1966. The specific epithet (fimbrisepala) means "fringed sepals".

Distribution and habitat
This species grows in on sand dunes in the Gibson Desert in Western Australia, and in the far west of South Australia.