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Heath Myrtle

Baeckea

Heath Myrtle
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Tree
Water
Likes moisture

About

Baeckea is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, all but one endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Baeckea are shrubs or small trees with leaves arranged in opposite pairs, white to deep pink flowers with five sepals and five petals, and five to fifteen stamens that are shorter than the petals.

Where it grows

Species in the genus Baeckea are endemic to Australia, apart from B. frutescens that also occurs in Malesia.

Other Baeckea plants

Short Leaved Heath Myrtle · Fringed Baeckea · Baeckea elderiana · Baeckea · Alpine Baeckea · Heath Myrtle · Baeckea kandos · Baeckea latifolia · Baeckea leptocaulis · Baeckea leptophylla · Weeping baeckea · Baeckea muricata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baeckea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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