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Short Leaved Heath Myrtle

Baeckea brevifolia

Short Leaved Heath Myrtle
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY-SA 4.0

Baeckea brevifolia is a small heathland shrub from coastal sandstone country in south-eastern New South Wales, growing to about 1 m with tiny leaves and white to pink flowers. It is best grown in well-drained, sandy, acidic soil in full sun, similar to other native heath plants.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy, acidic soil or native heath mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frosts but protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Baeckea brevifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with narrow egg-shaped to oblong leaves and white to pink flowers with nine to fifteen stamens.

Where it grows

This baeckea is a common heathland shrub that mainly grows on sandstone soils on the coast and nearby ranges of New South Wales between Woy Woy and Milton.

Other Baeckea plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baeckea brevifolia 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.

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