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Sighting 3374055

Leptospermum (genus)

Tea Tree at Garran, ACT

Leptospermum (genus) at Garran, ACT - 18 Jun 2016 12:00 AM
Leptospermum (genus) at Garran, ACT - 18 Jun 2016 12:00 AM
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Identification history

Leptospermum (genus) 10 Mar 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Leptospermum (genus) 7 Mar 2017 BettyDonWood
Leptospermum continentale 6 Mar 2017 ruthkerruish

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Very prickly.

4 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   7 Mar 2017
The leaves appear to be too large for continentale. I suspect it is a Leptospermum scoparium cultivar. Do you have measurements of leaf length and flower diameter?
ruthkerruish wrote:
   7 Mar 2017
Leaves are up to 10cm long. Plants are not flowering at present - will keep a look our for them.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   7 Mar 2017
I presume you meant 10 mm. On further investigation, I still think it is a cultivar, but not of scoparium, which has much broader leaves than in your photo. The flowers of continentale are about 10 mm diameter, about the same as the leaf length. These flowers are much bigger than that.
ruthkerruish wrote:
   7 Mar 2017
Sorry - yes I did mean 10mm long. I will keep a look out for the flowers.

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  • Leptospermum (genus) Scientific name
  • Tea Tree Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1478.28m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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