Calytrix formosa is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Calytrix formosa
Conservation status
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Calytrix
Species:	C. formosa
Binomial name
Calytrix formosa Craven

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 0.8 metres (1 to 3 ft). It usually blooms between September and November producing yellow-pink star-shaped flowers.[1]

Found on sand-plains in a small area along the west coast in the Mid West and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia between Geraldton and Shark Bay where it grows on sand or clay soils.

The species was first formally described by the botanist Lyndley Craven in 1987 in the article A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae) in the journal Brunonia.[2]

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