Myrtle may refer to:

Plants

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...

, the myrtle family **''

Myrtus ''Myrtus'' (commonly called myrtle) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. It was first described by Swedish botanist Linnaeus in 1753. Over 600 names have been proposed in the genus, but nearly all have either been moved ...

'', the myrtle genus * List of plants known as myrtle, including a list of trees and plants known as myrtle

In geography

Canada

Myrtle, Ontario Myrtle is a community in the Town of Whitby, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. Myrtle, located in what was Whitby Township, was first named Well's Corners. In 1856, the name of the community was changed to Wellwood and again to Myrtle in the 1860s ...

, a community

United States

Myrtle, Kansas Myrtle is a ghost town in Walnut Township, Phillips County, Kansas Phillips County (standard abbreviation: PL) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,981. The largest city and count ...

, a former settlement * Myrtle, Minnesota, a city * Myrtle, Mississippi, a town *

Myrtle, Missouri Myrtle is a small, unincorporated community in Oregon County, Missouri, United States. It lies southeast of Alton, east of Thayer and approximately north of the Arkansas state line. The community lies on a low ridge above the south side of M ...

, an unincorporated community *

Myrtle, West Virginia Myrtle is an unincorporated community in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. Myrtle is located on U.S. Route 119 and the Trace Fork, northeast of Williamson. Myrtle had a post office A post office is a public facility and a retail ...

, an unincorporated community *

Myrtle Creek (Curry County, Oregon) Myrtle Creek is a small stream, about long, in Curry County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It arises in the Siskiyou Mountains and flows generally southwest to its confluence with Mussel Creek in the Arizona Beach State Recreation Site. The two cre ...

, a stream * Myrtle Creek (South Umpqua River tributary), a stream in Oregon

People and fictional characters

* Myrtle (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or nickname *

Chip Myrtle Charles Joseph Myrtle III (February 6, 1945 – April 11, 2022) was a professional American football player who played linebacker for seven seasons for the Denver Broncos and the San Diego Chargers. His final season of pro football came in 1975 ...

(born 1945), American National Football League player

Roads

* Myrtle Avenue, New York City *

Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow Myrtle Avenue is a street in the London Borough of Hounslow which is near the eastern end of Heathrow airport's south runway, 27L. This makes it especially noisy when aircraft are landing or taking off from 27L, though its view of the aircraft ha ...

, in the London Borough of Hounslow *

Myrtle Road Myrtle Road is a former home ground of Sheffield Wednesday F.C., The Wednesday Football Club and was located on the street of the same name, near the centre of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. In 1870 Wednesday left Highfield, Sheffield, Highf ...

, Sheffield, England, former home ground of The Wednesday Football Club on the street of the same name

Other uses

* , various United States Navy ships * ''Myrtle'' (sternwheeler), a steamboat in Oregon in the early 20th century * "

The Myrtle "The Myrtle" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ''Pentamerone The ''Pentamerone'', subtitled ''Lo cunto de li cunti'' ("The Tale of Tales"), is a seventeenth-century Neapolitan fairy tale colle ...

", an Italian literary fairy tale * "Myrtle" (''Superstore''), an episode of TV series ''Superstore'' *

Myrtle (color) Varieties of the color green may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation or intensity) or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint be ...

, a shade of the color green