Английская Википедия:Baeckea utilis

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Baeckea utilis, commonly known as mountain baeckea,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with elliptic to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and white flowers, usually with eight stamens.

Description

Baeckea utilis is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt and has wiry stems. The leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole about Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers are up to Шаблон:Cvt wide and arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with linear bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long but that fall as the flowers open. The five sepals are oblong, Шаблон:Cvt long and the five petals are white, more or less round and Шаблон:Cvt long. There are usually eight stamens and the style is about Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering mainly occurs from December to March and the fruit is hemispherical, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy

Baeckea utilis was first formally described in 1856 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller.[4][5] The specific epithet (utilis) means "useful".[6]

Distribution and habitat

Mountain baeckea grows in heath, forest or alpine herbfields and is common at higher altitudes south from Dorrigo in New South Wales, through the Australian Capital Territory to eastern Victoria.[1][2][3]

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