Scholtzia parviflora

Scholtzia parviflora is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Scholtzia parviflora
Scholtzia parviflora flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Scholtzia
Species:	S. parviflora
Binomial name
Scholtzia parviflora F.Muell.

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3.3 to 9.8 ft).[1] The plant has a spreading habit with decumbent branches. The evergreen leaves have a length of 1 to 2 millimetres (0.039 to 0.079 in) and no prominent veins.[2] It blooms between August and October producing pink-white flowers.[1] The flowers have a diameter of around 5 mm (0.197 in) and are on pedicels about the same length as the leaves.[2] The plant superficially resembles Scholtzia uberiflora but is much more widespread.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1864 as part of the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. The only known synonym is Baeckea parviflora.[3]

It is found in wet depressions in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia between Geraldton and Cunderdin where it grows in sandy soils over laterite.[1] It is part of the understorey in kwongan shrubland communities.[2]