Thryptomene saxicola

Rock thryptomene
	Thryptomene saxicola in Maranoa Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Thryptomene
Species:	T. saxicola
Binomial name
	Thryptomene saxicola; (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Schauer
Synonyms
	List Astraea saxicola (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Schauer; Baeckea saxicola A.Cunn. ex G.Don nom. inval., nom. nud.; Baeckea saxicola A.Cunn. ex Hook.; Baeckea saxicola A.Cunn. ex Otto & A.Dietr. nom. illeg.; Bucheria saxicola (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Heynh.; Gomphotis saxicola (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Raf.; Paryphantha camphorata F.Muell. ex Miq. nom. inval., pro syn.; Scholtzia decandra F.Muell.; Eremopyxis camphorata auct. non (R.Br. ex Sims) Baill.: Baillon, H.E. (1862); ;

Thryptomene saxicola, commonly known as rock thryptomene, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with small oval or egg-shaped leaves and pale pink flowers arranged in leaf axils. It is hardy plant, common in cultivation, sometimes as "Payne's hybrid" or Thryptomene paynei.

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