Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A tall, spreading shrub up to 3m high with arching branches.
Flowers: Fluffy white about 1.5cm across with 2mm long petals and many 3-5mm long spreading stamens that exceed the petals. There are masses of heavily honey-scented flowers in the leaf axils.
Flowering: October-December.
Fruit: Capsule, 3-4mm long and 4mm diameter
Leaves: Crowded, linear dark green leaves 4-12mm long and 1-1.5mm wide with oil dots. The leaves have a spicy aroma when crushed.
Habitat: Often found in dense thickets in open ground in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Fluffy, heavily scented white flowers in leaf axils.
Name:
Kunzea After the German professor of botany Dr. Gustav Kunze
ambigua From Latin = doubtful, uncertain
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Needle-like |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Oil dots/Glands, |
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Aromatic |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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