Microcybe multiflora is a small shrub species in the family Rutaceae

Rutaceae

Rutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, is a family of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents...

. The species is endemic to Australia. It usually grows to between 0.2 and 1 metre high and produces cream to yellow flowers.

The species was first formally described by botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow

Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow

Porphir Kiril Nicolai Stepanowitsch Turczaninow was a Ukrainian-Russian botanist who first identified several genera, and many species of plants...

 in Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou in 1852.

Two subspecies are recognised:

• M.multiflora subsp. baccharoides (F.Muell.) Paul G. Wilson - Scale-leaf Microcybe
• M. multiflora Turcz. subsp. multiflora - Red Microcybe

The species occurs in southern Western Australia

Western Australia

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, southern South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

, and western Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

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