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Starflowers
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Starflowers

Calytrix

Calytrix is a genus of about 83 species of flowering plants, commonly known as star flowers, in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Calytrix are small to large shrubs with small, spreading and more or less round leaves, the flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. The flowers are bisexual with 5 overlapping sepals with a long awn, and many stamens.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fringe Myrtle

speciesCalytrix tetragona

Turkey Bush

speciesCalytrix exstipulata

snow myrtle

speciesCalytrix alpestris

Posy Starflower

speciesCalytrix leschenaultii

pink summer calytrix

speciesCalytrix fraseri

Calytrix glutinosa

speciesCalytrix glutinosa

Summer Starflower

speciesCalytrix flavescens

Calytrix depressa

speciesCalytrix depressa

Calytrix carinata

speciesCalytrix carinata

Pink Starflower

speciesCalytrix decandra

Calytrix brownii

speciesCalytrix brownii

Calytrix longiflora

speciesCalytrix longiflora

Calytrix brevifolia

speciesCalytrix brevifolia

Calytrix involucrata

speciesCalytrix involucrata

smooth fringe-myrtle

speciesCalytrix glaberrima

Calytrix hirta

speciesCalytrix hirta

Calytrix angulata

speciesCalytrix angulata

Calytrix sapphirina

speciesCalytrix sapphirina

Calytrix strigosa

speciesCalytrix strigosa

Calytrix achaeta

speciesCalytrix achaeta

Calytrix microcoma

speciesCalytrix microcoma

yellow calytrix

speciesCalytrix gurulmundensis

Calytrix asperula

speciesCalytrix asperula

Calytrix aurea

speciesCalytrix aurea

Calytrix variabilis

speciesCalytrix variabilis

Calytrix breviseta

speciesCalytrix breviseta

Calytrix acutifolia

speciesCalytrix acutifolia

Calytrix leptophylla

speciesCalytrix leptophylla

Calytrix oldfieldii

speciesCalytrix oldfieldii

Calytrix verticillata

speciesCalytrix verticillata

Calytrix violacea

speciesCalytrix violacea

Calytrix sylvana

speciesCalytrix sylvana

Inland Pink Starflower

speciesCalytrix duplistipulata

Calytrix cravenii

speciesCalytrix cravenii

Calytrix harvestiana

speciesCalytrix harvestiana

Calytrix truncatifolia

speciesCalytrix truncatifolia

Calytrix arborescens

speciesCalytrix arborescens

Calytrix faucicola

speciesCalytrix faucicola

Calytrix megaphylla

speciesCalytrix megaphylla

Calytrix pimeleoides

speciesCalytrix pimeleoides

Calytrix creswellii

speciesCalytrix creswellii

Calytrix gypsophila

speciesCalytrix gypsophila

Calytrix eneabbensis

speciesCalytrix eneabbensis

Calytrix chrysantha

speciesCalytrix chrysantha

Calytrix nematoclada

speciesCalytrix nematoclada

Calytrix simplex

speciesCalytrix simplex

Calytrix gracilis

speciesCalytrix gracilis

Calytrix pulchella

speciesCalytrix pulchella

Calytrix decussata

speciesCalytrix decussata

Calytrix formosa

speciesCalytrix formosa

Calytrix desolata

speciesCalytrix desolata

Calytrix uncinata

speciesCalytrix uncinata

Calytrix purpurea

speciesCalytrix purpurea

Calytrix smeatoniana

speciesCalytrix smeatoniana

Calytrix tenuiramea

speciesCalytrix tenuiramea

Calytrix birdii

speciesCalytrix birdii

Calytrix erosipetala

speciesCalytrix erosipetala

Calytrix plumulosa

speciesCalytrix plumulosa

Calytrix praecipua

speciesCalytrix praecipua

Calytrix similis

speciesCalytrix similis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83627.