''Calytrix uncinata'' is a species of plant in the myrtle family

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that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of . It usually blooms between August and November producing white star-shaped flowers. Found on granite or sandstone breakaways, rocky rises in the central

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region of Western Australia where it grows on sandy clay soils. The species was first formally described by Lyndley Craven in 1990 in the article ''Three additional species in Calytrix (including the reduction of Calythropsis), and notes on Calytrix exstipulata (Myrtaceae).'' in the journal '' Australian Systematic Botany''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15395845 Plants described in 1990 uncinata Flora of Western Australia