Leptospermum grandiflorum (Autumn Tea Tree)

Leptospermum grandiflorum

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AUTUMN TEA TREE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Leptospermum grandiflorum in Australia

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Common Name
Autumn Tea Tree

Description
The Autumn Tea Tree is a shrub growing 1.5 m to 5 m tall. The grey-green leaves are elliptical and grow 1 cm to 1.5 cm long and up to 8 mm wide. Flowers are produced in profusion in autumn from February to April. Each flower is white to pale pink with 5 petals and about 20 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 1 cm in diameter.

Habitat
open woodland, shrub land, scrub

Distribution
eastern Tasmania

Growth Characteristics
Height: 1.5m - 5m
Spread: 1m - 4m

Classification

Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Leptospermum
Species:	grandiflorum
Common Name:	Autumn Tea Tree

Relatives in same Genus
  Leptospermum brachyandrum
  Leptospermum continentale
  Leptospermum coriaceum
  Leptospermum erubescens
  Leptospermum laevigatum
  Leptospermum lanigerum
  Leptospermum liversidgei
  Leptospermum macrocarpum
  Leptospermum morrisonii
  Leptospermum myrsinoides
  Leptospermum nitidum
  Leptospermum obovatum
  Leptospermum petersonii
  Leptospermum polygalifolium
  Leptospermum rotundifolium
  Leptospermum rupestre
  Leptospermum scoparium
  Leptospermum spectabile
  Leptospermum squarrosum
  Leptospermum turbinatum