Myrtle

Myrtle may refer to:

Plants

• Myrtaceae, the myrtle family
  • Myrtus, myrtle, genus native to Europe and north Africa
    • Myrtus communis, common, European, or true myrtle, cultivated worldwide
    • Myrtus nivellei, Saharan myrtle
  • Ugni molinae, Strawberry myrtle, native to Chile

Non-Australian natives, not in Myrtaceae

• Family Cyrillaceae
  • Cyrilla racemiflora, myrtle
• Family Myricaceae
  • Myrica, wax myrtle, bayberry
• Family Lythraceae
  • Lagerstroemia, crape myrtle
• Family Apocynaceae
  • Vinca minor, creeping myrtle

Australian/Asian natives, many not in Myrtaceae

• Family Ebenaceae
  • Diospyros pentamera, black myrtle
• Family Fabaceae
  • Acacia myrtifolia, myrtle wattle
• Family Myrtaceae
  • Agonis flexuosa, willow myrtle
  • Archirhodomyrtus beckleri, rose myrtle
  • Backhousia angustifolia, curry myrtle
  • Backhousia citriodora, lemon myrtle, sweet verbena myrtle
  • Backhousia myrtifolia, cinnamon myrtle, grey myrtle
  • Choricarpia leptopetala, brown myrtle
  • Hypocalymma angustifolium, white myrtle
  • Melaleuca armillaris, bracelet honey myrtle
  • Melaleuca radula, graceful honey myrtle
  • Syzygium anisatum, aniseed myrtle
• Family Nothofagaceae
  • Nothofagus cunninghamii, myrtle beech
• Family Pittosporaceae
  • Auranticarpa rhombifolia, white myrtle
• Family Proteaceae
  • Hakea myrtoides, myrtle hakea
• Family Scrophulariaceae
  • Myoporum parvifolium, dwarf native myrtle

Place names

Canada

• Myrtle, Ontario
• Myrtle Station, Ontario

United States

• Myrtle, Minnesota
• Myrtle, Mississippi
• Myrtle, Missouri

Given name

• Myrtle Augee (born 1965), English shot putter
• Myrtle Cook (1902-1985), Canadian athlete
• Myrtle Corbin (1868-1928), American entertainer
• Myrtle Devenish (1913-2007), Welsh actress
• Myrtle Fillmore (1845-1931), American writer
• Myrtle Gonzalez (1891-1918), American actress
• Myrtle Kaloiokalani Wilcox (1924-1998), Hawaiian princess
• Myrtle Maclagan (1911-1993), English cricketer
• Myrtle McAteer (1878-1952), American tennis player
• Myrtle Reed (1874-1911), American poet
• Myrtle Robertson, 11th Baroness Wharton (1934-2000), English photographer
• Myrtle Stedman (1885-1938), American actress
• Myrtle Vail (1888-1978), American actress

Fictional

• Moaning Myrtle (died 1943), fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
• Myrtle Anagnostou, an Erotas character
• Myrtle Fargate, an All My Children character
• Myrtle Wilson, a character in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Other uses

• The Myrtle, an Italian literary fairy tale
• USS Myrtle, various United States Navy ships
• Myrtle (color), a shade of the color green
• Myrtle 'Stalky' Powell, a Wairarapa Times-Age reporter
• Venus of the Myrtle, an epithet that merged the goddess with the little-known deity Murcia.

See also

• Myrtle Avenue, New York City
• Myrtle Bank (disambiguation)
• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
• Myrtle Creek, Oregon
• Myrtle Grove (disambiguation)
• Myrtle Hill (disambiguation)
• Myrtle Point, Oregon
• Myrtle Road, Sheffield, England
• Myrtle Township, Custer County, Nebraska