Calytrix gypsophila, commonly known as the gypsum fringle-myrtle,[1] is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[2]
| Calytrix gypsophila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calytrix |
| Species: | C. gypsophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Calytrix gypsophila | |
The shrub typically grows to a height of 2 metres (7 ft). It usually blooms between February and September producing white flowers.[2] Later it will produce a long cylindrical fruit approximately 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long and 2 mm (0.079 in) wide, with fan-shaped wings and awns at one end. Inside a small ovoid seed sits in the long section of the fruit.[1]
Found on plains, around salt lakes and on clay pans often with samphires in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia and into central and western South Australia where it grows on gypseous sand or loam soils.[2][1]
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.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Calytrix gypsophila (Myrtaceae) Gypsum Fringe-myrtle". Seeds of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "Calytrix gypsophila". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Calytrix gypsophila Craven". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 20 February 2017.