Calytrix habrantha explained

Calytrix habrantha is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with linear leaves and magenta to rich pink flowers with about 25 to 35 stamens in several rows.

Description

Calytrix habrantha is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . Its leaves are linear, long, wide on a petiole long. There is a stipule up to long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are borne on a peduncle long with elliptic to more or less round lobes, long but that fall off as the flowers open. The floral tube is fused to the style, and has 10 ribs. The sepals are fused at the base, with more or less round lobes long and long, with an awn up to long. The petals are magenta to rich pink, lance-shaped to elliptic, long and wide, and there are about 25 to 35 stamens in a several rows. Flowering occurs from November to December or January.[1]

Taxonomy

Calytrix habrantha was first formally described in 1987 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected in Frank Hann National Park in 1971.[2] The specific epithet (habrantha) means 'dainty-' or 'pretty-flowered.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Calytrix grows in low shrubland, closed heath or open shrubland in the Mogumber district and from the Kulin-Harrismith district to near Salmon Gums in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of Western Australia.

Notes and References

  1. Craven . Lyndley . A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae). . Brunonia . 1987 . 96.
  2. Web site: Calytrix habrantha . Australian Plant Name Index . 25 October 2024.
  3. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 213 . 3rd.