Common Name: Common Fringe-myrtle
Botanical Name: Calytrix tetragona
Family: MYRTACEAE
Description:
Slender shrub, 1-2 m high. Fine, narrow, blue-green leaves in spirals to 1.5 cm long. White to pink, 5-petalled, showy. The flowers drop, leaving reddish, cupped, papery discs with five, long bristles which persist for some time. Late winter to spring. Papery, tan-coloured capsules. Summer.
Slender shrub, 1-2 m high. Fine, narrow, blue-green leaves in spirals to 1.5 cm long. White to pink, 5-petalled, showy. The flowers drop, leaving reddish, cupped, papery discs with five, long bristles which persist for some time. Late winter to spring. Papery, tan-coloured capsules. Summer.
Natural Distribution:
Common to temperate forests, woodlands and mallee in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, Qld, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Common to temperate forests, woodlands and mallee in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, Qld, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Notes:
No regional conservation status recorded.
No regional conservation status recorded.
