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 Myrtle is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the myrtle family (''Myrtaceae''). Plants called "myrtle" include:See articles for additional common names. Myrtaceae *Myrtaceae, the myrtle famil ...

, 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 Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arc ...

, 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 Myrtle is a city in Freeborn County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 48 at the 2010 census. History Myrtle was platted in 1900, when the railroad was extended to that point. The Myrtle post office closed in 1993. Geography Accordi ...

, a city *

Myrtle, Mississippi Myrtle is a town in Union County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 490 at the 2010 census. History Myrtle is rooted in a settlement known as "Candy Hill," which was established about south of the town's present location in 1857. ...

, a town * Myrtle, Missouri, 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) Myrtle Creek is a short tributary of the South Umpqua River in Douglas County, Oregon, Douglas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its main stem, formed by the confluence of two forks just south of the city of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, Myrtle Creek, is ...

, 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 Myrtle Avenue is a street that runs from Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn to Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens, in New York City, United States. Route description Queens Myrtle Avenue has been a major thoroughfare since the early ...

, 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 b ...

, a shade of the color green