Mountain Baeckea at Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Identification history
| Baeckea utilis | 24 Feb 2019 | julielindner | ||
| Leptospermum (genus) | 19 Feb 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Leptospermum (genus) | 22 Jan 2019 | Mike |
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User's notes
At side of Long Gully Road.
9 comments
julielindner
wrote:
23 Jan 2019
Hi Mike There is a two Leptospermum species and possibly a third scattered around that area on Farrer and Wanniassa. It is hard to tell from your photo L.continentale has prickly leaves it looks more like L. brevipes which has a similar form to that in your photo.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
19 Feb 2019
From the spent flowers, it could be Kunzea ericoides. Though in less faded flowers than I suspect these are, the stamens are much longer than in Leptospermum.
Mike
wrote:
19 Feb 2019
Thanks Betty, I was beginning to think Kunzea was a possibility because of the leaves. I will see if I have a close-up of the leaves.
julielindner
wrote:
19 Feb 2019
It's definitely not Kunzea ericoides. I will go and check it when the weather gets a bit cooler.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
24 Feb 2019
A pity there was no photo showing the opposite leaves. That would have immediately ruled out Leptospermum and Kunzea.
Mike
wrote:
25 Feb 2019
Thanks Julie, I just about made it there today but got distracted in Long Gully Swamp (not that it is swampy just now).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.121944-35.387778
- Altitude 726.0m
- Maps Wanniassa Hill
- Places Tuggeranong DC, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 20 Jan 2019 09:39 AM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Baeckea utilis Other Shrubs Plants
Additional information
- True In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Baeckea utilis Scientific name
- Mountain Baeckea Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2151.53m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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