Baeckea muricata
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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. muricata
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Baeckea muricata 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 typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 1 metre (1.0 to 3.3 ft) and a diameter of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) and blooms between October and December producing white flowers. It is found on sand plains in central areas of the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy and gravelly clay soils.[2]
Baeckea muricata was first formally described in 1928 by Charles Gardner in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia from specimens he collected near Coolgardie in 1926.[3][4] The specific epithet (muricata) means "rough with hard points".[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Baeckea muricata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Baeckea muricata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Baeckea muricata". APNI. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Gardner, Charles A. (1928). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, VI". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 13: 64–65. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780958034180.
