Leptospermum lanigerum

Woolly Teatree at Burra, NSW

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Identification history

Leptospermum lanigerum	26 Jul 2023	Tapirlord
Leptospermum lanigerum	26 Jul 2023	Tapirlord
Leptospermum sp.	25 Jul 2023	JaneR

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localised cluster of young and mature plants in gully and around a dam

5 comments

JaneR wrote:

25 Jul 2023

Hi Luke,
the leaves of this plant don't seem to have the acute pungent tip indicative of continentale, so interested to understand your decision as to species ?
Jane

Tapirlord wrote:

26 Jul 2023

Pretty sure this is L.lanigerum Jane, the leaves are a bit wider and the branches are covered in woolly hairs. I imagine these were fairly tall, and forming quite dense stands along the creekline?

natureguy wrote:

26 Jul 2023

Thanks for that one. You're probably right, and sorry for the confusion. Yes I can see the lacking sharp tips so makes sense.

JaneR wrote:

26 Jul 2023

Yes, about 2 m tall, very densely clustered in creek-line and around part of dam.
Branches are not as woolly as I would have expected . . .
Over to you guys to tick off if you still think L lanigerum

Tapirlord wrote:

26 Jul 2023

Definitely L.lanigerum then, there are few teatrees that attain a height of over 2m in our region and the others occur at higher altitude than this. The density of woolly hairs is within the range typical of this species.

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