Calytrix carinata is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is native to arid and semi arid regions of Australia.
Calytrix carinata | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Calytrix |
Species: | C. carinata |
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Calytrix carinata | |
The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 3 metres (1 to 10 ft). It blooms between May and October producing pink-purple flowers[1]
Found on dunes, flats and or rocky hillsides in the central Pilbara and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia and the top end and central areas of the Northern Territory where it grows on gravelly soils over laterite.
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