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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.
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Calytrix in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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.