LeptospermumLeptospermum continentale (Prickly Tea-Tree) Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian Tea Tree)
Leptospermum continentale is commonly known as the Prickly Tea-tree (also spelt Prickly Teatree).
Leptospermum continentale is a slender, straggling shrub that can grow to height of 1–2 m and more under the right conditions. It is endemic to the south-eastern part of Australia.
The shrub has white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils and woody fruit that remains on the plant when matures. Flowering occurs between September and February. The shrub has sharp-pointed, narrow oval-long leaves up to 13 mm long and 3.5 mm wide and has smooth bark, that sheds in stringy strips.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Rosanae
- Order: Myrtales
- Family: Myrtaceae
- Genus: Leptospermum
- Species: Leptospermum continentale
Footnote & References
- Prickly Tea-Tree (Leptospermum continentale) © Deb Taylor
- Prickly Tea-Tree (Leptospermum continentale), debtaylor142, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/142134403
- Leptospermum continentale Joy Thomps., Prickly Teatree, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2917147
LeptospermumLeptospermum continentale (Prickly Tea-Tree) Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian Tea Tree)
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