Hypocalymma uncinatum
Hypocalymma uncinatum is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub, with linear leaves, and white flowers with 25 to 35 stamens.
Description
Hypocalymma uncinatum is an erect shrub that typically grows to high, wide and has glabrous young stems. Its leaves are linear in outline, long, wide and thick. The lower side of the leaves is deeply convex with many oil glands. The flowers are in diameter, and often arranged in pairs with bracteoles long at the base. The floral tube is about long and about wide and the sepals are broadly egg-shaped, long and wide. The petals are white, long and there are 25 to 35 white stamens, the longest filaments long. Flowering mainly occurs from June to early October, and the fruit is a capsule long and in diameter.
Taxonomy
Hypocalymma uncinatum was first formally described in 2003 by Arne Strid and Greg Keighery in the Nordic Journal of Botany from specimens collected on south-east of Muntadgin in 1963. The specific epithet means 'hooked' or 'barbed', referring to the tips of the leaves.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Hypocalymma grows on granite outcrops in woodland, thicket or scrub between Merredin and Lake King in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia, where it grows in sandy or loamy soils with lateritic gravel.
Conservation status
Hypocalymma uncinatum is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.