Calytrix formosa
Calytrix formosa is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous shrub with erect, elliptic, broadly elliptic or oblong leaves, and pink flowers with about 90 to 105 stamens in multiple rows.
Description
Calytrix formosa is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of. Its leaves are erect, elliptic, broadly elliptic or oblong, long, wide and sessile or on a petiole up to long. There are stipules long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are borne on a peduncle long with broadly egg-shaped lobes long. The floral tube is fused to the style, and has 10 ribs. The sepals are fused at the base, with broadly egg-shaped lobes long and long, with an awn long up to long. The petals are pink with a yellow base, lance-shaped to elliptic, long and wide, and there are about 90 to 105 stamens in 4 or 5 rows. Flowering occurs from September to November.
Taxonomy
Calytrix formosa was first formally described in 1987 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Brunonia from specimens he collected in Kalbarri National Park in 1981. The specific epithet means 'beautiful'.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Calytrix is found on sandplains in the Kalbarri district, where it grows in heath on sand in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo bioregions in the west of Western Australia.
Conservation status
Calytrix formosa is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.