''Calytrix carinata'' is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to northern Australia. It is a more or less

glabrous Glabrousness () is the technical term for a lack of hair, down, setae, trichomes, or other such covering. A glabrous surface may be a natural characteristic of all or part of a plant or animal, or be due to loss because of a physical condition, ...

shrub with egg-shaped, elliptic, linear or lanceolate leaves and clusters of pink, pinkish purple, or reddish flowers with about 30 to 50 pink and yellowish white

stamen The stamen (: stamina or stamens) is a part consisting of the male reproductive organs of a flower. Collectively, the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filament ...

s in two rows.

Description

''Calytrix carinata'' is a more or less glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . Its leaves are egg-shaped, elliptic, linear or lanceolate, long, wide and

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

or on a

petiole Petiole may refer to: *Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem *Petiole (insect anatomy) In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and ...

long. There are

stipule In botany, a stipule is an outgrowth typically borne on both sides (sometimes on just one side) of the base of a leafstalk (the petiole (botany), petiole). They are primarily found among dicots and rare among monocots. Stipules are considered part ...

s up to long at the base of the petioles. The

floral tube In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube, a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube."Lec ...

is long and has 10 ribs. The

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 Etymology The term ''sepalum'' ...

s are joined for up to at the base, the lobes elliptic, egg-shaped or more or less round, long and wide with an awn up to long. The petals are pink, pinkish purple, or reddish with a white base, narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, long and wide with about 30 to 50 pink stamens with a yellowish white base in 2 rows, becoming dark reddish as they age. Flowering occurs from March or May to October.

Taxonomy

''Calytrix carinata'' was first formally described in 1987 by

Lyndley Craven Lyndley Alan Craven (3 September 1945 – 11 July 2014) was a botanist who became the Principal Research Scientist of the Australian National Herbarium. Lyndley ("Lyn") Craven worked for the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organ ...

in the journal '' Brunonia'' from specimens collected west of

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in 1969. The

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

(''carinata'') means 'keeled', referring to the

bracteole In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also look ...

Distribution and habitat

This species of ''Calytrix'' grows on dunes, flats and or rocky hillsides in the

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, Murchison,

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and Tanami regions of Western Australia, the southern part of the Northern Territory, northern South Australia and the

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region of south-west Queenslandand where it grows on red sand and gravelly laterite on dunes, flats and rocky hillsides.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15397990 Plants described in 1987 carinata Flora of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of South Australia Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Lyndley Craven