Calytrix retrorsifolia

Calytrix retrorsifolia is a slender, spreading, open shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . The leaves are linear, long, wide on a petiole long. The flowers are borne in clusters long on a peduncle about long with green to light brown bracteoles long. The floral tube is long and has 5 ribs. The sepals are long and wide and lack awns. The petals are yellow in the bud stage, then white, long and wide with 23 to 40 white stamens, the longest filaments long. Flowering mostly occurs in October. ==Taxonomy==

Calytrix retrorsifolia was first formally described in 2017 by Francis Jason Nge and Kevin R. Thiele in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected near Tutunup by Greg Keighery and Neil Gibson. The specific epithet (retrorsifolia) means 'bent backwards-leaved'. ==Distribution and habitat==

This species of Calytrix is restricted to the Whicher Range where it grows in shallow red clays and/or yellow sands in shrublands and woodlands in the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion of south-western Western Australia. ==Conservation status==

This star flower is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, ==References==