Calytrix drummondii
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| Calytrix drummondii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calytrix |
| Species: | C. drummondii |
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| Calytrix drummondii | |
Calytrix drummondii is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with linear leaves, and yellow flowers with about 55 to 85 yellow stamens in several rows.
Calytrix drummondii is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in). Its leaves are linear, closely-spaced, 4–20 mm (0.16–0.79 in) long, 0.8–1 mm (0.031–0.039 in) wide and taper to a fine point, on a petiole 0.5–2 mm (0.020–0.079 in) long. The flowers are borne on a peduncle 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, the floral tube 8–13 mm (0.31–0.51 in) long, with 8 to 10 ribs. The sepals are joined for a short distance at the base, the lobes broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1.5–2.25 mm (0.059–0.089 in) long and wide, with an awn up to 15 mm (0.59 in) long. The petals are yellow, egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic, 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long and 3.0–3.25 mm (0.118–0.128 in) wide. There are about 55 to 85 yellow stamens 2.5–6 mm (0.098–0.236 in) long in usually 4 rows. Flowering occurs from November to January.[2][3][4]