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Baeckea omissa

Baeckea omissa
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Baeckea omissa is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and white flowers mostly with ten to fifteen stamens.

Where it grows

This baeckea grows in heathy swamp and is common and widespread from near Stanthorpe in Queensland to the New England National Park and near Torrington in New South Wales.

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 omissa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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