Calytrix verruculosa facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Calytrix verruculosa |
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Conservation status | |
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC) |
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Scientific classification | |
Genus: |
Calytrix
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Species: |
verruculosa
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Calytrix verruculosa is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.
The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 0.75 metres (1.3 to 2.5 ft). It usually blooms between August and October producing pink-white star-shaped flowers.
Found in the Mid West region of Western Australia between Meekatharra and Cue where it grows on sandy clay 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.
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