Calytrix strigosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Calytrix |
Species: | C. strigosa
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Binomial name | |
Calytrix strigosa |
Calytrix strigosa is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. [1]
The semi-prostrate shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 1.6 metres (0.5 to 5.2 ft). It usually blooms between August and November producing pink-purple and yellow star-shaped flowers. [1]
The plant was first described by Alan Cunningham in 1834. [2] [3]
The epithet, strigosa, is a Botanical Latin adjective describing the sepals of the plant as having "straight rigid close-pressed rather short bristle-like hairs". [4]
Found on sand dunes and sand plains in a large area from the Mid West extending into the Wheatbelt and the Swan Coastal Plain where it grows in sandy lateritic soils.