Lomatia myricoides (C.F.Gaertn.) Domin

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Lomatia myricoides' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/lomatia/lomatia-myricoides/). Accessed 2026-04-20.

Family

Proteaceae

Genus

Lomatia

Synonyms

Embothrium myricoides C.F.Gaertn.
Lomatia longifolia R.Br.

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Lomatia myricoides' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/lomatia/lomatia-myricoides/). Accessed 2026-04-20.

Lomatia myricoides flowering at the Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park, UK. 22 July 2016. Image John Anderson.

An evergreen shrub 4 to 8 ft high in cultivation but taller and occasionally tree-like in the wild. Young stems angled, slightly downy. Leaves glabrous, narrowly lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 6 in. long, 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. wide, distantly and coarsely toothed in the upper part or sometimes entire, acute or obtuse at the apex, tapered at the base, sessile or shortly stalked. Inflorescences racemose, terminal or from the upper leaf-axils, as long as the leaves or slightly longer. Flowers creamy white or pale yellow, borne June-July, about 1⁄2 in. wide, on stalks 1⁄4 to 3⁄8 in. long. Bot. Mag., t. 7698.

Native of S.E. Australia; introduced 1816. It is hardy south of London in a sunny place protected from cold winds. Award of Merit 1955.

At its best Lomatia myricoides can be a spectacular flowering shrub. Savill Garden, Windsor Great Park, UK. 13 July 2018. Image John Anderson.

Lomatia myricoides (RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford, UK, April 2025). Image John Grimshaw.

Foliage of Lomatia myricoides (RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford, UK, April 2025). Image John Grimshaw.

Lomatia myricoides flowering on a terrace on Isola Madre, Lake Maggiore, Italy, June 2021. Image Tom Christian.

Lomatia myricoides flowering at the JC Raulston Arboretum, June 2019. Image John Grimshaw.

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