''Calytrix angulata'', commonly known as yellow starflower, 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 speci ...

that is endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between August and January producing cream-yellow star-shaped flowers Commonly found on plains and slopes in 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 geol ...

extending into the

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and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils. The species was first described by the botanist John Lindley in 1839 in the work ''A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony''.

Johannes Conrad Schauer Johannes Conrad Schauer (16 February 1813 – 24 October 1848) was a botanist interested in Spermatophytes. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and attended the gymnasium of Mainz from 1825 to 1837. For the next three years he worked at the Hofgar ...

described the plant in 1843 as ''Calycothrix angulata'' in ''Monographia Myrtacearum Xerocarpicarum''.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15395456 Plants described in 1839 angulata Flora of Western Australia