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{{Speciesbox
|name = Creeping boobialla
|image = Myoporumparvifolium.JPG
|image_caption = ''Myoporum parvifolium'' at [[San Diego Botanic Garden]]
|genus = Myoporum
|species = parvifolium
|authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|R.Br.]]<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Myoporum parvifolium''|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/106158|publisher=APNI|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref>
|synonyms = *''Myoporum humile''<small> R.Br.</small>
}}

'''''Myoporum parvifolium''''', commonly known as '''creeping boobialla''', '''creeping myoporum''', '''dwarf native myrtle''' or '''small leaved myoporum'''<ref name="APNI" /> is a plant in the figwort [[Family (biology)|family]], [[Scrophulariaceae]]. It is a low, spreading shrub with long, trailing stems and white, star-shaped flowers and is [[Endemism|endemic]] to southern [[Australia]] including [[Flinders Island]].

==Description==
Creeping boobialla is a prostrate, spreading shrub sometimes forming a mat {{convert|3|m|ft|sigfig=1}} in diameter. Its leaves are fleshy and [[Glabrousness|glabrous]], usually {{convert|18-40|mm|in|sigfig=1}} long, {{convert|3-6.5|mm|in|sigfig=1}} wide and egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base. They are arranged alternately, sometimes have a few serrations on the margins near the leaf tip and sometimes have raised, [[wart]]-like [[tubercles]] on their surface.<ref name=Chinnock>{{cite book|last1=Chinnock|first1=R.J. (Bob)|title=Eremophila and allied genera : a monograph of the plant family Myoporaceae |date=2007 |publisher=Rosenberg |location=Dural, NSW |isbn=9781877058165 |pages=130–131 |edition=1st}}</ref><ref name =NSW>{{NSW Flora Online|author=R.J. Chinnock|genus=Myoporum|species= parvifolium}}</ref><ref name=SA>{{cite web | url =http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Myoporaceae&genus=Myoporum&species=parvifolium | title =''Myoporum parvifolium'' | work = Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet | publisher = State Herbarium of South Australia|accessdate=2008-06-13 }}</ref><ref name=ANPSA>{{cite web|title=Myoporum parvifolium|url=http://anpsa.org.au/m-par.html|publisher=Australian Native Plants Society Australia|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref>

White flowers with purple spots appear in the leaf axils singly or in clusters of two or three on a stalk {{convert|7.5-33|mm|in|sigfig=1}} long. The flowers have five lance-shaped [[sepal]]s and five [[petal]]s joined at their bases to form a tube. The tube is about {{convert|3|mm|in|sigfig=1}} long and the lobes are spreading, blunt and {{convert|3-4|mm|in|sigfig=1}} long. As a result, the diameter of the flower is about {{convert|7.5|mm|in|sigfig=1}}. There are four [[stamen]]s which extend beyond the petals. Peak flowering times are winter to summer in [[New South Wales]] and October to March in [[South Australia]]<ref name="NSW" /><ref name="SA"/> and the fruit that follows are succulent, rounded, yellowish-white and up to {{convert|8.5|mm|in|sigfig=1}} in diameter.<ref name="Chinnock" /><ref name="NSW" /><ref name="SA"/>

==Taxonomy and naming==
''Myoporum parvifolium'' was first formally described by botanist [[Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose)|Robert Brown]] in ''[[Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae]]'' in 1810.<ref name="APNI" /><ref name=Brown>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Robert|title=Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae (Volume 1)|date=1810|location=London|page=516|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21871#page/384/mode/1up|accessdate=26 November 2015}}</ref> The [[Botanical name|specific epithet]] ''parvifolium'' is derived from the Latin ''parvus'', "small" and ''folium'', "leaf".<ref name="Backer">Backer, C.A. (1936). ''Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië in het wild groeiende en in tuinen en parken gekweekte varens en hoogere planten'' (Edition Nicoline van der Sijs).</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
''Myoporum parvifolium'' occurs in the south-west corner of [[New South Wales]],<ref name ="NSW" /> and from the [[Eyre Peninsula]] in [[South Australia]] eastwards<ref name="SA" /> to [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. It is common along much of the [[Murray River]] in South Australia.<ref name="Chinnock" /> It often grows on [[limestone]] cliffs, along river flats and in [[woodland]] in sandy sometimes saline soils.<ref name="Chinnock" /><ref name="NSW" />

==Use in horticulture==
Creeping boobialla is a useful ground cover and is often cultivated for that purpose. It prefers a well-drained, sunny position but is hardy in most situations. It is usually propagated from cuttings and has been used as a rootstock for more difficult related species such as ''[[Eremophila (plant)|Eremophila]]''.<ref name="ANPSA" /><ref name=Wrigley>{{cite book|last1=Wrigley|first1=John W.|last2=Fagg|first2=Murray|title=Australian native plants : a manual for their propagation, cultivation and use in landscaping|date=1983|publisher=Collins|location=Sydney|isbn=0002165759|pages=87–88|edition=2nd}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Myoporum|parvifolium]]
[[Category:Flora of South Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Lamiales of Australia]]
[[Category:Garden plants of Australia]]
[[Category:Groundcovers]]
[[Category:Plants described in 1810]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)]]

Myoporum parvifolium - Revision history

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