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Calytrix violacea is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and purple, star-shaped flowers.
Calytrix violacea grows in shrubland and woodland in sandy soil on plains and hills in the wheatbelt between Goomalling, Northam, Brookton and Quairading in the Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calytrix violacea 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.
