Family | MYRTACEAE |
Genus species | Baeckea gunniana Schauer ex Walp. |
Bibliography | Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 920 (1843) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | leaves crowded, intensely aromatic, thick, convex, dark green, 2-6mm, obovate to oblong, glandular-punctate, flowers 5-7mm across, pentamerous |
Size | 50-100cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Baeckea micrantha Hook.f. Tetraspora gunniana (Schauer ex Walp.) Miq. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |