Family: Myrtaceae
Plant: A woody shrub up to 2m high with smooth, firm bark and silky young stems.
Flowers: Solitary sessile flowers 1-2cm diameter with 5 white to pink round spreading petals and numerous stamens surrounding a central green disc.
Flowering: January-April.
Fruit: Woody, capsule about 1cm diameter with 5 seed chambers.
Leaves: Crowded, rigid, concave, lanceolate to ovate, sharply pointed, 5-15mm long and 2-5mm wide. The leaves are often purplish.
Habitat: Common in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Sharp concave leaves. White-pink flowers with many stamens around a central disc. 1cm diameter capsules.
Name:
Leptospermum
From Greek lepto = slender and spermum = seed (referring to its seed capsule)
squarrosum From Latin =crowded and rigid (referring to its leaves)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 4 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Grey |
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Other Features |
Woody |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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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 |
Sharp-tip |
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Bark |
Smooth |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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