Micromyrtus monotaxis

Micromyrtus monotaxis species of the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end toward the base, white flowers 4.5–6.0 mm in diameter, and 10 stamens.

Description
Micromyrtus monotaxis is an erect shrub that typically grows to 0.7–1.6 m high and has its leaves densely arranged on smaller branchlets. Its leaves are erect to almost pressed against the stem, egg-shaped to broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.7–3.5 mm long and 1.3–1.5 mm wide on a petiole 0.3–0.4 mm long. The flowers are 4.5–6.0 mm in diameter, and arranged in between 2 and 8 upper leaf axils on a peduncle 1.0–2.5 mm long. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped, 0.5–1.0 mm wide and white. The petals are white, very broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and 1.9–2.4 mm long. There are 10 stamens, the anthers 0.6–0.9 mm long. Flowering occurs between March and December, with a peak between August and October and the fruit is about 1.8 mm long and 1.3 mm wide, containing a single seed.

Taxonomy
Micromyrtus monotaxis was first formally described in 2002 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected in 1995. The specific epithet (monotaxis) means "single row", referring to the arrangement of the stamens.

Distribution and habitat
This species grows on yellow sandplains and in reddish soil near Comet Vale, between the Die Hardy Range, Comet Vale and Coolgardie in the Coolgardie and Murchison bioregions of Western Australia.