Calytrix strigosa
# Calytrix strigosa

Calytrix strigosa is a species of plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.

## Description

The semi-prostrate shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 1.6 metres (0.5 to 5.2 ft). It usually blooms between August and November producing pink-purple and yellow star-shaped flowers.

## Taxonomy

The plant was first described by Alan Cunningham in 1834.

The epithet, strigosa, is a Botanical Latin adjective describing the sepals of the plant as having "straight rigid close-pressed rather short bristle-like hairs"..

## Distribution

Found on sand dunes and sand plains in a large area from the Mid West extending into the Wheatbelt and the Swan Coastal Plain where it grows in sandy lateritic soils.

