Smooth fringe-myrtle

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Calytrix glaberrima

Smooth fringe-myrtle, a reference photo
Photo: Kym Nicolson · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Calytrix glaberrima, commonly known as smooth fringe-myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of South Australia. It is a woody, glabrous shrub with elliptic, linear or egg-shaped leaves and clusters of white to pink flowers with 20 to 30 white stamens in a single row.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Smooth fringe-myrtle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Species
Calytrix glaberrima

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