Micromyrtus triptycha

Micromyrtus triptycha is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow, white or cream-coloured flowers with 10 stamens.

Description
Micromyrtus triptycha is an erect, open shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–50 cm, but sometimes up to 1.4 m high. Its leaves are narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2–6 mm long and 1.2–2.3 mm long on a petiole 0.4–0.5 mm long usually with a 6 to 10 oil glands on the lower surface. The flowers are arranged in racemes in 6 to 16 upper leaf axils and are 3.0–4.3 mm in diameter on a peduncle 0.5–1.3 mm long. The floral tube is flattened and 1.9–3.0 mm long with 10 ribs. The sepals are 0.3–0.5 mm long and 0.5–0.7 mm wide and the petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow, white or cream-coloured, sometimes tinged with pink, 1.3–2.0 mm long. Flowering mainly occurs from April to November and the fruit is about 1.6–2.2 mm long, containing a single seed.

Taxonomy
Micromyrtus triptycha was first formally described in 2006 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by John Green 25.4 km east of Lake Grace in 1975. The specific epithet (triptycha) means "three-fold" or "triple", referring to the appearance of the anthers.

Distribution and habitat
Micromyrtus triptycha grows on sand plains, hills, slopes and disturbed areas between Harrismith, Hyden and Lake King in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Mallee bioregions in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status
This species of micromyrtus is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.