Calytrix tetragona

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Common Name:

Common Fringe-myrtle

Family:

Myrtaceae

Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):

Otway Range, Snowfields (ABCDEFGHJMNPRSTUVWXZ) also WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas
Map - Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):

Open heathlands and heathy-woodlands of the northern Prom 1

Flower Description:

Pink to white 1

Habit:

Shrub to 2.5 m 1

Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):


This species in the only Fringe-Myrtle on the Prom, it can be recognised by the fine, hair-like extensions of the sepals 1

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Atlas of Living Australia MELU

Links to description of this species:

NSW Flora VicFlora

Conservation status:

Not threatened

References:

1 Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.