Prickly Teatree at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Leptospermum continentale | 9 Dec 2025 | abread111 | ||
| Leptospermum continentale | 9 Dec 2025 | abread111 | ||
| Leptospermum (genus) | 8 Dec 2025 | MPW |
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User's notes
Leptospermum sp / T trea with small prickly leaves. White Flowers. Recent arrival, not recorded @ this Location previously? (We come here frequently).
3 comments
abread111
wrote:
9 Dec 2025
Good spotting! We have been waiting to see the flowers to confirm it is not gorse which has similar leaves and has been sighted just there previously.
waltraud
wrote:
9 Dec 2025
Well done! Barb ignore my comment reg the record of that same specimen :-)
MPW
wrote:
9 Dec 2025
That's Good news. Hopefully a Local Native ! PS in my humble opinion, Horse Foliage is quite different. (Seen 1000s of Gorse in NZ).
Location information
- Maps The Fair, Watson Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- MPW Recorded by
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Collections
MPW NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Leptospermum continentale Other Shrubs Plants
Species information
- Leptospermum continentale Scientific name
- Prickly Teatree Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1197.39m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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