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Calytrix mimiana is a small shrub in the myrtle family, endemic to the Northern Territory, known for deep pink flowers with white stamens. It grows naturally in rock crevices on sandstone escarpments, so it needs good drainage.
Calytrix mimiana is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a glabrous shrub with linear to narrowly lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, deep pink to pinkish-mauve flowers, and about 35 to 40 white stamens in several rows, that turn pinkish as they age.
This species of Calytrix grows in crevices on a sandstone escarpment in the McArthur River district in the Gulf Fall and Uplands bioregion of the Northern Territory.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calytrix mimiana 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.
