Citation: Cunn. in B. Field, Geogr. Mem. N.S.W. 349 (1825) subsp. ramosissima.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Rosy baeckea.

Description:
Shrub to 60 cm tall; leaves distant to crowded, appressed to spreading, linear to linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate to spathulate, 3-8 mm long, 0.7-3 mm wide, slightly thickened, flat or slightly concave, glabrous or sparsely and very shortly pubescent.

Flowers solitary, 3-15 mm across; peduncles articulated, with a pair of connate cordate to rhomboid persistent bracteoles at the articulation; hypanthium broadly obconical; calyx-lobes rounded, margins ciliolate; petals white or pink to mauve-purple; stamens 3-10, 1 opposite each petal and sepal when 10; filaments straight; anthers opening in parallel slits, anther gland prominent; ovary 3-celled, with 3 or 4 ovules per cell, lower three-quarters fused to the hypanthium.

Seeds reniform.-B. diffusa Sieber ex DC., Prod. 3:320 (1828). For an extensive synonymy, discussion of variation and illustrations see G. W. Carr (1980) Telopea 1:409-420.

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 331.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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