Biology:Calytrix truncatifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Calytrix truncatifolia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Calytrix
Species:
C. truncatifolia
Binomial name
Calytrix truncatifolia
Craven

Calytrix truncatifolia 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 0.4 to 1.6 metres (1.3 to 5.2 ft). It usually blooms between June and September producing pink-purple star-shaped flowers.[1]

Found on sand dunes scattered through the Mid West and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia where it grows on red sandy 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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15395726 entry