Calytrix simplex
Calytrix simplex is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with hairy branchlets, linear to oblong leaves and purple flowers with about 25 to 50 stamens in several rows.
Description
Calytrix simplex is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has branchlets covered with soft hairs. Its leaves are linear to oblong, long and wide on a petiole long, with stipules up to long at the base of the petiole. The flowers are on a narrowly funnel-shaped peduncle long with egg-shaped lobes long. The floral tube is spindle-shaped, long and has ten ribs. The sepals are more or less round to egg-shaped, long, wide with an awn up to long. The petals are purple, sometimes with a yellow base and there are about 25 to 50 stamens with purple filaments in two or three rows. Flowering time depends on subspecies.Taxonomy
Calytrix simplex was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley in his A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. The specific epithet means 'simple', hence 'not divided' referring to the stems.In 1987, Lyndley Craven described Calytrix simplex subsp. suboppositifolia in the journal Brunonia, and that name, and that of the autonym are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:Calytrix simplex Lindl. subsp. simplex has leaf blades that are long, petals that are broadly lance-shaped and flowers in October and November.Calytrix simplex subsp. suboppositifolia Craven has leaf blades that are long, petals that are elliptic and flowers in November and December.