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Creeping boobialla
Myoporum parvifolium
Growing guidance
Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.
Current-climate suitability
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Sun
Full sun
Soil moisture
free-draining, average
Heat tolerance
Up to about 46°C
Cold tolerance
Down to about -4°C
Waterlogging tolerance
2/5
Drought tolerance
5/5
Mature size
0.1–0.2 m tall, 1.5 m spread
Seasonal interest
Spring to summer · White
Maintenance
low
Wildlife supported
General wildlife value 3/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)
Known risks or warnings
Frost-sensitive; fruit mildly toxic to pets.
Toxicity: mild
Verified botanical record
- Accepted scientific name
- Myoporum parvifolium R.Br.
- Family
- Scrophulariaceae (Lamiales)
- Rank and status
- species · accepted
- GBIF record
- Taxon 3746026
Recorded as introduced in: California
Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.
Myoporum parvifolium, commonly known as creeping boobialla, creeping myoporum, dwarf native myrtle or small leaved myoporum is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae. It is a low, spreading shrub with long, trailing stems and white, star-shaped flowers and is endemic to southern Australia including Flinders Island.
Description from Wikipedia — Myoporum parvifolium (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.
Native status and geographic context
- United Kingdom: climate-suitable
- United States: climate-suitable
- Australia: native
Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.
Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.