Citation: Court, Victorian Nat. 73:176 (1957).

Synonymy: Genetyllis alpestris Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, Three Exped. Int. eastern Austral. 2:178 (1838); Lhotzkya alpestris (Lindley)Druce, Rep. Botl Soc. Exch. Club Br. Isl. 1916, 2:63 (1917); L. genetylloides F. Muell. var. bracteosa Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:54 (1867); L. alpestris (Lindley)Druce var. bracteosa (Benth.)J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 426 (1926).

Common name: Snow myrtle.

Description:
Shrub to 2.5 m; branchlets pubescent; leaf blade pubescent to glabrous, linear to ovate or lanceolate, 1-5 mm long, in transverse section depressed- to very depressed-angular-obovate.

Bracteoles connate and persistent, not ridged or keeled; hypanthium free from the style, 2.5-4.75 mm long; calyx segments ovate to transversely oblong, 0.5-1 mm long, the apex rounded to acute (rarely acuminate or shortly awned); petals white to pink, elliptic, 4-5.75 mm long; stamens c. 14-37, 1-seriate.

Distribution:  Grows in heath or heathy woodland. S.Aust.: MU, SE.   Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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