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Common Boobialla

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Scientific Name:Myoporum insulare
Common Boobialla flowers
Common Boobialla flowers
Photo: A J Brown

Other Common Names:

Coast Boobialla, Native Juniper

Status:

Native of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales.

Plant Description:

A small spreading tree to 6 m tall with tessellated (with coarse fissures) bark and smooth branches. The smooth leaves are lanceolate (spear-shaped) to broad-elliptic, 3-9 cm long and 7-22 mm wide with smooth margins or toothed towards the pointed apices.

Flowers in groups of 3-8 in the junctions between stem and leaf and with short stalks 5-9 mm long. Flowers white and purple spots and 6-8 mm diameter. The round fruit are 4.5-9.5 mm diameter, smooth and purple to black in colour.

Habitat:

Common in coastal scrub and along the edges of coastal saltmarsh.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
*Western, *GippslandS0, S1, S2W0, W1, W2
*mainly confined to coastal areas but also inland in Western Victoria

Common Boobialla photos

Common Boobialla growing on coastal marsh
Common Boobialla growing on a coastal marsh with
Blue Tussock-grass and Sea Rush
Photo: A J Brown
Common Boobialla leaves and flowers
Common Boobialla leaves and flowers
Photo: A J Brown

Common Boobialla leaves and flower buds
Common Boobialla leaves and flower buds
Photo: A J Brown

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