Biology:Calytrix strigosa
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calytrix |
| Species: | C. strigosa
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| Calytrix strigosa A.Cunn.
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Calytrix strigosa is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Calytrix strigosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5479.
- ↑ "Calytrix strigosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/104192.
- ↑ Cunningham, A. (1834). Hooker, W.J.. ed. "Stipulatae". Botanical Magazine 61: sub.t. 3323. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/489801.
- ↑ "strigosus,-a,-um". http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=201474.
Wikidata ☰ Q15400282 entry
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