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''Calothamnus preissii'' is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying, sometimes ground-hugging shrub with needle-like leaves and reddish-purple flowers in spring. ==Description== ''Calothamnus preissii'' is a prostrate shrub growing to a height of about with linear leaves that are circular in cross-section. The flowers are reddish purple and have 4 sepals, 4 petals and 4 claw-like bundles of stamens. The bundles are all narrow but the upper ones are larger and contain 3 to 5 stamens but the lower two have only 1 or 2 stamens. Flowering occurs from July to November and is followed by fruits that are woody capsules.〔〔 ==Taxonomy and naming== ''Calothamnus preissii'' was first formally described by Johannes Schauer in 1843 in ''Dissertatio phytographica de Regelia, Beaufortia et Calothamno''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://biodiversity.org.au/boa/instance/apni/748749 )〕 The specific epithet (''preissii'') honours the German-born British botanist, Ludwig Preiss.〔 (In 2014 Craven, Edwards and Cowley proposed that the species be renamed ''Melaleuca preissii''.) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calothamnus preissii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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