Euryomyrtus ramosissima

taxobox
name = Rosy Baeckea

---

image_caption = "Euryomyrtus ramosissima" in Greater Bendigo National Park.
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Myrtales
familia = Myrtaceae
genus = "Euryomyrtus"
species = "E. ramosissima"
binomial = "Euryomyrtus ramosissima"
binomial_authority = (A.Cunn.) Trudgen
synonyms = *"Baeckea ramosissima" A.Cunn.
*"Euryomyrtus alpina" (Lindl.) Schauer
*"Baeckea diffusa" Sieber ex DC.
*"Baeckea diffusa" var. "striata" DC.
*"Baeckea thymifolia" Hook.f.
*"Euryomyrtus thymifolia" (Hook.f.) Schauer
*"Baeckea affinis" Hook.f.
*"Baeckea alpina" Lindl.
*"Euryomyrtus stuartiana" Miq.
*"Euryomyrtus leptospermoides" F.Muell. ex Miq.
*"Euryomyrtus diffusa" (Sieber ex DC.) Schauer|

"Euryomyrtus ramosissima" (Rosy Baeckea) is a shrub in the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). The species is endemic to Australia. It is spreading in habit and grows to 60 cm in height. Its leaves are dark green, long and narrow ranging from 3 to 13 mm in length and 1 to 3 mm in width. White, pink or mauve flowers with circular petals are produced between September and January in its native range.

Taxonomy

Two subspecies are currently recognised:

*"E. ramosissima" subsp. "prostrata" (Hook.f.) Trudgen (Synonyms: "Baeckea prostrata" Hook.f., "Euryomyrtus parviflora" Miq., "Baeckea ramosissima" subsp. "prostrata" (Hook.f.) G.W.Carr )
*"E. ramosissima" (A.Cunn.) Trudgen subsp. "ramosissima" (syn. "Baeckea ramosissima").

Distribution

The species occurs in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

References

*cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=EURYOMYRTUS+RAMOSISSIMA|title="Euryomyrtus ramosissima" |accessdate=2008-06-06|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra
*NSW Flora Online|author= |genus=Euryomyrtus |species=ramosissima
*cite web | url =http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/texhtml.cgi?form=speciesfacts&family=Myrtaceae&genus=Baeckea&species=ramosissima | title = "Baeckea ramosissima"| work = Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet | publisher = State Herbarium of South Australia