Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A straggling slender shrub up to 1m high with a rough, peeling, flaky bark.
Flowers: Solitary 8-12mm diameter and hairy on outside of floral tube with 5 round spreading white petals and numerous stamens surrounding a central disc.
Flowering: November-January.
Fruits: Woody capsule, 5-8mm diameter with 4-5 horned seed chambers. They are hairy when young.
Leaves: Narrow lanceolate, 1-2cm long and 1-3mm wide, incurved, twisted and with a sharp tip.
Habitat: Common usually found in damp, rocky places in heathland.
Features: Rigid sharp leaves. White flower with many stamens around a central disc. Flowers hairy on outside. Flaky bark.
Name:
Leptospermum
From Greek lepto = slender and spermum = seed (referring to its seed capsule)
arachnoides From Latin = spider (referring to its general appearance)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown, Grey |
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Other Features |
Woody, Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Sharp-tip, Hairy |
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Bark |
Papery/Flaky |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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