Weeping Baeckea (Baeckea linifolia)

Weeping Baeckea, a reference photo — Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Baeckea linifolia, commonly known as swamp baeckea, weeping baeckea or flax-leaf heath myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and small white flowers with eight to fifteen stamens.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Weeping Baeckea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Baeckea frutescens
Sannantha angusta

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Baeckea
Species: Baeckea linifolia

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