''Baeckea muricata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

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and is

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to the south-west of

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. It is a spreading shrub typically grows to a height of and a diameter of and blooms between October and December producing white flowers. It is found on sand plains in central areas of the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in sandy and gravelly clay soils. ''Baeckea muricata'' was first formally described in 1928 by Charles Gardner in the ''

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'' from specimens he collected near Coolgardie in 1926. The specific epithet (''muricata'') means "rough with hard points".

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15395058 Flora of Western Australia muricata Plants described in 1928 Taxa named by Charles Gardner

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