Anticoryne ovalifolia

Family: Myrtaceae
Distribution: Heathland in near coastal areas of south-west Western Australia.
Common Name: No generally accepted common name.
Conservation Status: Not considered to be at risk in the wild
Derivation of Name: Anticoryne;  From Greek anti, against and koryne, a club, presumably referring to the club-like anthers.
ovalifolia;  From Latin ovalis, egg shaped and folium, leaves or foliage, referring to the shape of the leaves.

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General Description:

Anticoryne is a small genus of three species occurring in the south-west of Western Australia. They are small to medium shrubs that are closely related to Babingtonia.

Anticoryne ovalifolia (previously Baeckea ovalifolia) is a small to medium shrub up to 2 metres high and wide.  The small, densely arranged leaves are up oval shaped to 10 mm long and decussately arranged on the stems.  The 5-petalled flowers occur singly on short stalks are are 10-15 mm in diameter. They are white or pale pink in colour and are seen mainly during late winter and spring..

A.ovalifolia is an attractive plant with masses of well displayed flowers.  It is best suited to well drained soils and can be grown in sunny or partially shaded locations. It may still be available under its previous name.

Seed germinates well without pretreatment. Cuttings of firm, current season’s growth strike readily.

 

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Anticoryne ovalifolia
Photo: Chris Clarke: reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license.

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