Calytrix eneabbensis

Calytrix eneabbensis is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with lance-shaped leaves and purple and yellowish flowers with 40 to 60 stamens in several rows.

Description

Calytrix eneabbensis is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of and has lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in clusters of a few to many on a peduncle long with lobes long. The floral tube is long, has 10 ribs. The sepals are joined at the base, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long. The petals are purple with a yellowish base, lance-shaped, long and wide. There are 40 to 60 yellow stamens long in several rows. Flowering occurs from July to October.

Taxonomy

Calytrix eneabbensis was first formally described in 1987 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected on the Lake Indoon road near Eneabba in 1981. The specific epithet means 'native of Eneabba'.

Distribution and habitat

This species of Calytrix grows in heath on sand and on sandplains in the Eneabba district, in the Geraldton Sandplains bioregion in the southwest of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Calytrix eneabbensis is listed as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that is rare or near threatened.