Myrtaceae Calytrix

Desert Star Flower

A small to medium shrub with extremely small leaves and pink to purple star shaped flowers.

Calytrix

Small bush, about 60cm high. Both colours of flowers originate from same stem - they are parts of the same flower.

Smooth Fringe Myrtle

Small woody shrub to 1m tall with tiny, smooth leaves and is endemic to South Australia.

Common Fringe-Myrtle

Shrub to 0.5–2 m high; terminal buds with bud scales. Leaves linear, 1–12 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, margins often finely toothed or ciliate; petiole to 1.5 mm long. Bracteoles 2–4.5 mm long,

Calytrix carinata

Shrub, 0.3-3 m high. Fl. pink/pink-purple, Mar or May to Oct. Red sand, gravelly laterite. Sand dunes or flats, rocky hillsides.

Calytrix

Calytrix

A standout small shrub with heathlike foliage and conspicuous flowers. Flowers have 5 petals. The calyx remains on the plant long after the flowers have faded,

Snow Myrtle

Open shrub up to 2m tall growing as an understorey in open forest and woodland.