Thryptomene repens

Thryptomene repens is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and flowers with pink sepals and petals and ten stamens.

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Thryptomene repens is a prostrate, widely-spreading shrub that forms roots at the nodes. Its leaves are upward-curved, crowded, and egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) long and 0.6–1.3 mm (0.024–0.051 in) wide on a petiole 0.2–0.4 mm (0.0079–0.0157 in) long. The flowers are arranged in short racemes of between two and seven pairs of flowers on a peduncle 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long with leaf-like bracteoles 1.1–1.4 mm (0.043–0.055 in) long that fall as the flower develops. The flowers are about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide with deep pink, sepals 0.6–1.0 mm (0.024–0.039 in) long and about 0.6 mm (0.024 in) wide with a prominent keel. The petals are pink, about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long and there are ten stamens. Flowering occurs from August to September.

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