Calytrix strigosa

Species of flowering plant

Calytrix strigosa

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Myrtales
Family:  | Myrtaceae
Genus:  | Calytrix
Species:  |

C. strigosa

Binomial name
Calytrix strigosa

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Calytrix strigosa is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

## Description[edit]

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]

## Taxonomy[edit]

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]

## Distribution[edit]

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.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Calytrix strigosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
2. ^ "Calytrix strigosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
3. ^ Cunningham, A. (1834). Hooker, W.J. (ed.). "Stipulatae". Botanical Magazine. 61: sub.t. 3323.
4. ^ "strigosus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 2021-07-02.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q15400282
* Wikispecies: Calytrix strigosa
* APNI: 104192
* CoL: Q87Y
* EoL: 5455564
* FloraBase: 5479
* GBIF: 3184833
* GRIN: 8691
* iNaturalist: 980960
* IPNI: 591954-1
* Open Tree of Life: 3933850
* Plant List: kew-32891
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:591954-1
* Tropicos: 22100040
* WFO: wfo-0000790370

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