Calytrix glaberrima
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| Calytrix glaberrima | |
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| In Cox Scrub Conservation Park | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calytrix |
| Species: | C. glaberrima |
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| Calytrix glaberrima | |
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Calytrix glaberrima, commonly known as smooth fringe-myrtle,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of South Australia. It is a woody, glabrous shrub with elliptic, linear or egg-shaped leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers with 20 to 30 white stamens in a single row.
Calytrix glaberrima is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in). Its leaves are spreading to erect, elliptic, linear or egg-shaped, 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long and 0.2–0.5 mm (0.0079–0.0197 in) wide on a petiole 0.2–0.5 mm (0.0079–0.0197 in) long. There are stipules up to 0.2 mm (0.0079 in) long at the base of the petioles. The flowers are borne on a peduncle 0.5–0.75 mm (0.020–0.030 in) long with egg-shaped to narrowly egg-shaped bracteoles 1.5–2.75 mm (0.059–0.108 in) at the base. The floral tube has 10 ribs and is 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long and free from the style. The sepals are free from each other, egg-shaped to more or less round, 0.6–2 mm (0.024–0.079 in) long and 0.6–1.3 mm (0.024–0.051 in) wide. The petals are white to pink, elliptic to narrowly elliptic or lance-shaped, 3.5–6.5 mm (0.14–0.26 in) long and 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) wide and there are about 20 to 30 white stamens in a single row. Flowering from October to April.[2][3]