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

Calytrix strigosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:
C. strigosa
Binomial name
Calytrix strigosa
A.Cunn.

Description


The semi-prostrate shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 1.6 metres (0.5 to 5.2 ft). It usually blooms between August and November producing pink-purple and yellow star-shaped flowers.[1]


Taxonomy


The plant was first described by Alan Cunningham in 1834.[2][3]

The epithet, strigosa, is a Botanical Latin adjective describing the sepals of the plant as having "straight rigid close-pressed rather short bristle-like hairs"..[4]


Distribution


Found on sand dunes and sand plains in a large area from the Mid West extending into the Wheatbelt and the Swan Coastal Plain where it grows in sandy lateritic soils.


References


  1. "Calytrix strigosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. "Calytrix strigosa". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  3. Cunningham, A. (1834). Hooker, W.J. (ed.). "Stipulatae". Botanical Magazine. 61: sub.t. 3323. 
  4. "strigosus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 2021-07-02.


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