''Thryptomene hyporhytis'' is a shrub species in the family

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae, the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All speci ...

and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.2 and 0.7 metres high and produces white or pink flowers between June and October in the species' native range. It was first formally described in 1862 by Nikolai Turczaninow in ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou''. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''hyporhytis'') means "under wrinkle", referring to the ribbed

floral cup In angiosperms, a hypanthium or floral cup is a structure where basal portions of the calyx, the corolla, and the stamens form a cup-shaped tube. It is sometimes called a floral tube, a term that is also used for corolla tube and calyx tube. It ...

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hyporhytis Endemic flora of Western Australia Rosids of Western Australia Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow Plants described in 1862 {{Australia-rosid-stub