Baeckea grandiflora
| Baeckea grandiflora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Baeckea |
| Species: | B. grandiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Baeckea grandiflora | |
Baeckea grandiflora, commonly known as the large-flowered baeckea, is a common heathland shrub found in coastal central Western Australia.[1]
The erect, open to straggly shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (2 to 7 ft) and has terete widely spaced leaves that are 5 to 10 millimetres (0.20 to 0.39 in) in length.[2] It blooms from August to December producing pink-white flowers[1] that have a diameter of 10 to 15 mm (0.39 to 0.59 in).[2]
It is often found on plains, undulating hills and breakaways in the Swan Coastal Plain IBRA region around the Shire of Gingin where i grows in gravelly loamy and sandy soils over laterite.[1]
The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 in the work Compositae Flora Australiensis[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Baeckea grandiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b Margaret G. Corrick; Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenberg Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 9781877058844.
- ^ "Baeckea grandiflora Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 December 2016.