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Baeckea staminosa

Baeckea staminosa is a low, spreading shrub, about 25 cm tall, native to wetlands in south-west Western Australia. It is a rare wild species (Priority One), so it is rarely grown and little is documented about cultivation.

Family
Myrtaceae (Myrtle family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil moist during growth, avoiding waterlogging in the pot.
Soil
Free-draining, slightly acidic, sandy or peaty mix.
Temperature
10-30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Baeckea staminosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 25 cm (9.8 in) and is found in wetlands in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region.

The species was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near the Greenough River. The specific epithet (staminosa) means "abounding in stamens".

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 staminosa 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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