Calytrix habrantha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Calytrix |
Species: | C. habrantha
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Binomial name | |
Calytrix habrantha |
Calytrix habrantha is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. [1]
The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1 metre (0.7 to 3.3 ft). It usually blooms between November and January producing pink to purple flowers. [1]
Found on undulating plains with a scattered distribution through the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows on sand or loam soils with gravel and laterite. [1]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Lyndley Craven in 1987 in the article A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae) in the journal Brunonia. [2]