Calytrix erosipetala

Calytrix erosipetala is a glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are lance-shaped or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or linear, long and wide on a petiole long. There are stipules up to long at the base of the petioles. The flowers are borne on a peduncle long and the floral tube is long, has 10 ribs. The sepals are joined for a short distance at the base, the lobes more or less round or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide with an awn up to long. The petals are white, turning pink as the flowers open, broadly elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide. There are about 18 to 24 white stamens long in a single row. Flowering occurs in September and October. ==Taxonomy==

Calytrix erosipetala was first formally described in 1987 by Lyndley Craven in the journal Brunonia from specimens collected in the Meekatharra district in 1957. The specific epithet (erosipetala) means 'eroded petals'. ==Distribution and habitat==

This species of Calytrix grows among granite breakaways in the Meekatharra and Lake Barlee district in the Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions of inland Western Australia. ==References==