Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Baeckea imbricata

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, Booderee National Park, Jervis Bay Territory

Common name

Coastal baeckea, Heath myrtle

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Heath, often in damp places. North of Batemans Bay. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 0.3-0.6 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, margins entire or finely toothed, tips rounded and slightly curved down. Flowers 4-4.5 mm in diameter, with 5 white petals. Flowers Spring to Summer.

Intergrades between Baeckea diosmifolia and Baeckea imbricata occur. They may be recognized by the somewhat broader leaves than in Baeckea diosmifolia.

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