Calytrix breviseta

Calytrix breviseta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Calytrix
Species: C. breviseta
Binomial name
Calytrix breviseta

Calytrix breviseta is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1 metre (1 to 3 ft). It blooms between August and November producing blue-purple star-shaped flowers[1]

Often found on swampy flats in the Wheatbelt and the south eastern Goldfields-Esperance region where it grows in sandy-clay to loamy soils.

There are two recognised subspecies:

  • Calytrix breviseta subsp. breviseta
  • Calytrix breviseta subsp. stipulosa

References

  1. 1 2 "Calytrix breviseta". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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