Calytrix leschenaultii (Posy Starflower)
Calytrix leschenaultii is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the Southwest Australia of Western Australia. It is a mostly glabrous shrub with egg-shaped, elliptic, lance-shaped or linear leaves and purple, mauve, violet or pink flowers with a white or yellow base, and 6 to 40 white or yellowish stamens.
Calytrix leschenaultii occurs in a wide range of habitats including heath, woodland, heathy scrub and shrubland from the Kalbarri district and south-eastwards as far as Israelite Bay in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Calytrix leschenaultii is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Calytrix leschenaultii Scientific name
- Posy Starflower Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 254.5m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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