Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Baeckea gunniana

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Kosciuszko National Park

Flowering stem. Photographer Don Wood, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Kosciuszko National Park

Line drawings.  i. flowering branch; j. leaf transverse section. SM Clarke, National Herbarium of Victoria, © 2021 Royal Botanic Gardens Board

Common name

Alpine baeckea

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Heath, wet rocky sites, along streams, and in bogs. At high altitudes. Ranges south from Deua National Park. Tablelands, ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m tall, or sprawling to prostrate. Hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 0.2-0.4 cm long, to 1 mm wide. Leaves triangular in cross section, channelled above, convex below but not keeled. Flowers with 5 white petals, about 4-5 mm in diameter. Flowers Summer.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Baeckea~gunniana  (accessed 4 January, 2021)