Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: An erect shrub with stems up to 1m high.
Flowers: Small white flowers 5mm across with 5 rounded petals and a central disc surrounded by 5-7 stamens. Flowers are stalkless and solitary in the leaf axils.
Flowering: February-May.
Fruit: 2mm diameter capsule.
Leaves: Circular to broad-ovate, erect leaves 3-6mm long and up to 5mm wide, opposite, crowded, partly overlapping and aromatic. The apex has a slightly recurved tip.
Habitat: In heathland near the sea in sheltered rocky places in damp sandy soils.
Features: Overlapping circular leaves tightly packed around the stem. Aromatic foliage.
Name:
Baeckea After the Swedish physician Dr. Abraham Baeck.
imbricata From Latin imbrex = roofing tile and atus = like (referring the overlapping edges of its leaves).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
2, 3, 4, 5 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Tiny |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Aromatic |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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