Baeckea frutescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is native to eastern Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia.

It is a shrub with arching branches, linear leaves and white flowers with seven to thirteen stamens.

Baeckea frutescens is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and has arching branches.

The five sepals are rounded-triangular, the five petals white, more or less round and 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long, and there are seven to thirteen stamens.

[7] This baeckea grows in heath and open grassland from south-east China to eastern Australia.