Tarentum Myrtle

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Cultivated as annual

Native distribution

Mediterranean

Source of plant

Well-Sweep Herb Farm

Description

Small evergreen shrub of dense growth, with small, narrowly ovate leaves, pink-tinged flowers and white berries, 12mm long.

USDA Hardiness Zone

8

Special characteristics

tender perennial, other ethnobotanical uses