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Myrtus communis - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Passadiços do Paiva, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal; 6/2017 © Jörn Germer

Myrtus communis - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Myrtus communis - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Passadiços do Paiva, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal; 6/2017 © Jörn Germer

Myrtus communis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Myrtus communis - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Passadiços do Paiva, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal; 6/2017 © Jörn Germer

Myrtus communis - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Baiona, Alentejo, Portugal; 8/2006 © Jörn Germer

Myrtus communis - Flowers - Click to enlarge!

Flowers; Passadiços do Paiva, Arouca, Aveiro, Portugal; 6/2017 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 745
Date of entry: 12.03.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Common Myrtle, True Myrtle

German: Brautmyrte, Gemeine Myrte

Portuguese: Mirto, Murtinho

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Myrtaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Myrtus (1)

            Epithet: communis L. (8)

communis => common, or growing in society

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

External links

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