Calytrix verticillata
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| Calytrix verticillata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calytrix |
| Species: | C. verticillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Calytrix verticillata | |
Calytrix verticillata is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the north of the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with linear or lance-shaped leaves and white flowers with about 18 to 20 stamens in a single row.
Calytrix verticillata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and has branchlets covered with soft hairs. It usually grows from the tips of the flowering stems. Its leaves are linear to lance-shaped, 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) long and 0.5–0.75 mm (0.020–0.030 in) wide on a petiole 0.1–0.3 mm (0.0039–0.0118 in) long, with stipules up to 0.25 mm (0.0098 in) long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are on a peduncle 0.2–0.5 mm (0.0079–0.0197 in) long, the floral tube is more or less spindle-shaped or cylindrical, 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long and has ten ribs. The sepals are lance-shaped, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, 1.0–1.25 mm (0.039–0.049 in) wide and lack an awn but with a pointed tip. The petals are white, elliptic to lance-shaped, 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long and 1.0–1.3 mm (0.039–0.051 in) wide, and there are about 18 to 20 stamens in a single row, the filaments white and 0.2–3 mm (0.0079–0.1181 in) long. Flowering occurs from June to October and the seed is 1.75 mm (0.069 in) long and 1 mm (0.039 in) wide.[2]