Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Calytrix tetragona

Common name

Common Fringe-myrtle

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, shrubland and heath, grassy areas, roadsides, and along river valleys. Widespread.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m tall. Stems hairless to hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems or crowded, 0.1-1.5 cm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, margins often finely toothed or fringed. Flowers with 5 petals 3.5-7.5 mm long, white to pink, single, appearing as if they are in clusters. Fused sepals each 2-2.5 mm long with an awn to 17 mm long, persistent, turning red to purple after the petals fall. Flowers all year, mainly Spring.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Calytrix~tetragona 
(accessed 7 January, 2021)