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Calytrix chrysantha
Calytrix chrysantha is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub usually with oblong to linear leaves and clusters of yellow flowers with about 45 to 55 yellow stamens in several rows.
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Description
Calytrix chrysantha is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 0.3–1.33 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 4 in). Its leaves are oblong to linear, 1.25–4 mm (0.049–0.157 in) long, 1.0–1.25 mm (0.039–0.049 in) wide on a petiole 0.2–0.75 mm (0.0079–0.0295 in) long. There are stipules up to 0.25 mm (0.0098 in) long at the base of the petioles. The floral tube is 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in) long and has 10 to 12 ribs. The sepals are joined for up to 0.3 mm (0.012 in) at the base, the lobes broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.5–1.76 mm (0.059–0.069 in) long and wide with an awn up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long. The petals are yellow, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 6.5–7.0 mm (0.26–0.28 in) long and 2.75–3.5 mm (0.108–0.138 in) wide with 45 to 55 yellow stamens with filaments 2.0–6.5 mm (0.079–0.256 in) long. Flowering occurs from December or January to February.
Range & habitat
This species of Calytrix is found on flats in the Eneabba district in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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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 981008.