Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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)
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