Common Name: Silver Broombush
Botanical Name: Babingtonia behrii
Family: MYRTACEAE
Description:
Erect, silvery-green, medium-sized shrub, 1-2.5 m high, with ascending slender branchlets. Small, erect, semi-cylindrical, 3-8 mm long, ending in a fine hooked tip. Small, solitary, white, 5-petalled flower, 6-10 mm diameter. Spring to summer (September to January). Small, cupular, 3-valved, brown capsules, 4 mm wide, valves open when mature to release fine brown seed. Late summer to early autumn (February to March).
Erect, silvery-green, medium-sized shrub, 1-2.5 m high, with ascending slender branchlets. Small, erect, semi-cylindrical, 3-8 mm long, ending in a fine hooked tip. Small, solitary, white, 5-petalled flower, 6-10 mm diameter. Spring to summer (September to January). Small, cupular, 3-valved, brown capsules, 4 mm wide, valves open when mature to release fine brown seed. Late summer to early autumn (February to March).
Natural Distribution:
Occurs on sandy rises and dunes of lower rainfall districts of SA including the Northern Lofty, Yorke Peninsula, Murray region, Eyre Peninsula and South-East, extending into NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Occurs on sandy rises and dunes of lower rainfall districts of SA including the Northern Lofty, Yorke Peninsula, Murray region, Eyre Peninsula and South-East, extending into NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
Previously known as Baeckea behrii.
Previously known as Baeckea behrii.
