About Calytrix alpestris (Lindl.) Court
Calytrix alpestris (Lindl.) Court is a shrub that usually grows no taller than 2.5 meters (8 feet 2 inches). It has spreading, wiry, hairy, often arching branchlets. Its leaves are linear, narrowly egg-shaped, or narrowly lance-shaped, measuring 1 to 5 millimeters (0.039 to 0.197 inches) long and approximately 0.5 millimeters (0.020 inches) wide, borne on a petiole 0.2 to 0.7 millimeters (0.0079 to 0.0276 inches) long. Flowers are arranged in leaf axils near the ends of branches, with bracteoles present at the base of each flower. The floral tube has 10 ribs, measures 2.5 to 4.75 millimeters (0.098 to 0.187 inches) long, and is free from the style. The sepals are glabrous, 0.5 to 1.0 millimeter (0.020 to 0.039 inches) long and 0.5 to 1.25 millimeters (0.020 to 0.049 inches) wide, and usually bear an awn up to 3.5 millimeters (0.14 inches) long. The petals are white, 4.0 to 5.75 millimeters (0.157 to 0.226 inches) long and 2.0 to 2.75 millimeters (0.079 to 0.108 inches) wide. This species has 14 to 37 white stamens arranged in a single row. Flowering takes place from September to January. Calytrix alpestris grows in heath or heathy woodland in western and north-western Victoria, and in the far south-east of South Australia.
