Biology:Calytrix angulata

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calytrix angulata
Calytrix angulata - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:
C. angulata
Binomial name
Calytrix angulata
Lindl.

Calytrix angulata, commonly known as yellow starflower, is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft). It blooms between August and January producing cream-yellow star-shaped flowers[1]

Commonly found on plains and slopes in the Swan Coastal Plain extending into the South West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils.[1]

The species was first described by the botanist John Lindley in 1839 in the work A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. Johannes Conrad Schauer described the plant in 1843 as Calycothrix angulata in Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15395456 entry