''Calytrix sapphirina'' is a species of plant in the myrtle family

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that is endemic to Western Australia. The erect and multi-stemmed shrub typically grows to a height of . It mostly blooms between August and November producing pink-blue-purple star-shaped flowers. The leaves have a linear shape are crowded on the stem and are about in length. The flowers are approximately in diameter with fine hairs which extend from the calyx lobes beyond the petals. Found on sand plains, ridges and undulating slopes in an area in the extending from the

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through the Wheatbelt and into the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows on sandy soils over laterite or ironstone. The species was first formally described by the

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in 1839 as part of his work ''

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''. Various synonyms exist including ''Calycothrix lasiostachya'' as described by

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in 1859 in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'', ''Calycothrix sapphirina'' by Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1843 in ''Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum'' and ''Calytrix lasiostachya'' as described by George Bentham in 1867 as part of the article ''Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae.'' in the work '' Flora Australiensis''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15399309 Plants described in 1839 sapphirina Flora of Western Australia