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Backhousia oligantha, Stony Creek backhousia, is a rare, critically endangered small tree in the myrtle family, endemic to south-east and central Queensland. It grows as a clump of many prostrate shoots and stems from one genotype, so it is not a typical garden tree.
Backhousia oligantha, commonly known Stony Creek backhousia, is a rare and critically endangered species of plant in the family Myrtaceae. This species is endemic to South-East Queensland and Central Queensland. The small tree has an unusual growth habit, with colonies of many prostrate shoots and many stems from one genotype. At the type location, there are 100 to 200 stems in six clumps, possibly with only six unique individuals. The epithet oligantha is derived from the Greek language, meaning 'few flowers'.
Backhousia oligantha mostly confined to the areas of Biggenden with an outlier population located on Mount Archer in Rockhampton. The Biggenden population grows in three separate sublocations where one occurs in Mount Walsh National Park, one at Mount Biggenden, and one East of Didcot, Queensland, near Degilbo Timber Reserve 1.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Backhousia oligantha by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
