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Calytrix similis is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with linear to elliptic or lance-shaped leaves and purple flowers with about 45 to 50 stamens in several rows.
This species of Calytrix grows in mallee heath on sand over laterite in the Stirling Range-Porongorup Range-Boxwood Hill districts, in the Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calytrix similis 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.
