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Kimberley Heather

Calytrix exstipulata

Also called Turkey Bush

Kimberley Heather
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
N. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Calytrix exstipulata, commonly known as turkey bush, Kimberley heather, heather bush or pink fringe-myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and clusters of dark red, pink and white flowers with mainly pink stamens.

Where it grows

Turkey bush is very common in the monsoon region of northern Australia and occurs from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia, through the northern half of the Northern Territory, and as far as Gregory Range in Queensland. It grows in a wide range of habitats including eucalyptus and cypress pine woodland and forest.

Other Calytrix plants

Fringe Myrtle · Calytrix acutifolia · Snow Myrtle · Calytrix amethystina · Yellow Starflower · Calytrix arborescens · Calytrix asperula · Calytrix aurea · Calytrix birdii · Calytrix brevifolia · Calytrix breviseta · Calytrix brownii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calytrix exstipulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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