Baeckea grandibracteata

Baeckea grandibracteata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Baeckea
Species: B. grandibracteata
Binomial name
Baeckea grandibracteata

Baeckea grandibracteata is a shrub found in central Western Australia.[1]

The erect to spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 0.9 metres (0.5 to 3.0 ft). It blooms between September and December producing pink and white flowers.

It is found on undulating sand-plains in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia in the area around Yilgarn where it grows in sandy and sandy loam soils.[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ernst Georg Pritzel in 1904 in the work published by Pritzel and Ludwig Diels Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. in the journal Botanische Jahrbucher fur Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie

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References

  1. 1 2 "Baeckea grandibracteata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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