Balaustion interruptum
Balaustion interruptum is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong to narrowly oblong or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white or pale pink flowers with 13 to 20 widely spaced stamens.Description
Balaustion interruptum is a shrub that typically grows to high, rarely up high, and usually wide. Its leaves are oblong to narrowly oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long, wide and thick with a deeply convex lower surface and two or three rows of oil glands either side of the midvein. The flowers are in diameter, each flower on a pedicel long. The floral tube is broadly cone shaped, long and wide and the sepals are egg-shaped, long, wide and often greenish. The petals are white or pale pink, long, wide with 13 to 20 widely spaced stamens. Flowering mainly occurs from August to October, and the fruit is a capsule about long and in diameter.Taxonomy
Balaustion interruptum was first formally described in 2022 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected on the Dowerin-Kalannie Road north-west of Dowerin in 2021. The specific epithet means 'broken in pieces' or 'interrupted', referring to gaps between the stamens.Distribution and habitat
This species of Balaustion grows in sandy soils between Petrudor Rocks Reserve and Wyalkatchem with an isolated occurrence near Mukinbudin, in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion.Conservation status
Balaustion interruptum is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and [Attractions (Western Australia)|Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions].