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Calytrix ecalycata (Calytrix ecalycata)

Description

Calytrix ecalycata is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.4 to 1.5 metres (1 to 5 ft). It blooms between August and November producing yellow star-shaped flowers. Found on sand-plains, valley flats, ridges and road-verges on the Lesueur Sandplain in the northern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows on sandy-clay-loamy soils over granite or sandstone.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Myrtales

            • Family: Myrtaceae

              • Genus: Calytrix