''Calytrix acutifolia'' is a species of plant in the myrtle 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 spe ...

that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

to Western Australia. The open-branched and slender shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between April and December producing white-cream-yellow flowers Found on dunes, slopes, swampy ground, among rock outcrops and on breakaways on the

Swan Coastal Plain The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia is the geographic feature which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. The coastal plain continues well beyond the boundaries of the Swan River and its tributaries, as a geo ...

and Geraldton Sand Plains where it grows on sandy to loamy soils over granite or laterite. Initially described as ''Lhotskya acutifolia'' by the botanist John Lindley in 1839 in the work ''A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony'' it was reclassified into the genus ''

Calytrix ''Calytrix'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1806. They are commonly known as starflowers. ''Calytrix'' are endemic to Australia, occurring in the (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, and W ...

'' in by Lyndley Craven in 1987 in ''A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae)'' in the journal '' Brunonia''. There is one recognised subspecies; ''Calytrix acutifolia'' subsp. ''acutifolia''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15395384 Plants described in 1987 acutifolia Flora of Western Australia