''Homalocalyx aureus'' is a member of the family Myrtaceae

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 Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between July and November producing yellow flowers. It is found on sand plains in an area from the

Mid West The Mid West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is a sparsely populated region extending from the west coast of Western Australia, about north and south of its administrative centre of Geraldton and inland to east of W ...

and into the northern Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia on sandy soils over laterite.

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aureus The ''aureus'' ( ''aurei'', 'golden') was the main gold coin of ancient Rome from the 1st century BC to the early 4th century AD, when it was replaced by the ''solidus (coin), solidus''. This type of coin was sporadically issued during the Roman ...

Endemic flora of Western Australia Myrtales of Australia Rosids of Western Australia Plants described in 1987 {{Australia-rosid-stub