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Calytrix amethystina is a small glabrous shrub from inland Western Australia, grown for its purple to violet flowers with many white stamens. It is a species of rocky outcrops and suits free-draining, sunny sites.
Calytrix amethystina is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with egg-shaped to oblong or more or less round leaves and clusters of purple to violet flowers with about 35 to 80 white stamens in several rows.
This species is found amongst rocky outcrops and on breakaways in inland areas of the Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of inland Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calytrix amethystina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
