| Calothamnus chrysanthereus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Calothamnus |
| Species: | C. chrysanthereus |
| Binomial name | |
| Calothamnus chrysanthereus F.Muell.[1] |
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Calothamnus chrysanthereus (Claw Flower) is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia, where it occurs to the north of Geraldton.[2]
It is an erect multi-branched shrub which grows to one metre in height. The leaves are linear, terete and sessile, often with a long pointed tip and are 5 to 9 cm long. These are crowded toward the end of branchlets.[3] The flowers have a densely pubescent calyx tube, yellow-pink to orange-brown petals, scarlet staminal claw and yellow anthers. The main flowering period in the species native range is August to December.[3]
The species was first formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1863 in the third volume of Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[1] The specific epithet is derived from the Greek chrysos (golden) and anthos (anthers), believed to be a reference to the disctinctive golden-yellow anthers of this species. [3]