Calytrix strigosa
Calytrix strigosa is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]
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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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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]
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.
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]
References
- "Calytrix strigosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- "Calytrix strigosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
- Cunningham, A. (1834). Hooker, W.J. (ed.). "Stipulatae". Botanical Magazine. 61: sub.t. 3323.
- "strigosus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
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