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Calytrix uncinata

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
WC. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Calytrix uncinata is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in), has white, star-shaped flowers between August and November.

This species was first formally described in 1990 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Australian Systematic Botany from specimens collected near the Teutonic townsite in 1981.

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 uncinata 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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