Baeckea frutescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to eastern southeastern China, Indochina, Malesia, New Guinea, and eastern Australia. It is a shrub with arching branches, linear leaves and white flowers with seven to thirteen 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
- Sannantha angusta
- Baeckea linifolia
- Astartea scoparia
- Ochrosperma lineare
- Sannantha virgata
- Harmogia densifolia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Baeckea
- Species
- Baeckea frutescens
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