Baeckea grandis

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Baeckea grandis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Baeckea
Species:
B. grandis
Binomial name
Baeckea grandis

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

The ascending to decumbent shrub typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.5 metres (0.3 to 1.6 ft). It blooms between September and December producing pink and white flowers.

It is found on sand-plains and hills in the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy and lateritic 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 Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Baeckea grandis". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Baeckea grandis E.Pritz". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 December 2016.