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GREEN TEA-TREE FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Green Tea-tree
Description
The Green Tea-tree is a dense shrub growing 1 m to 2 m tall. The leaves are elliptical and about 1 cm to 2 cm long with a pointed tip. Flowers are produced in winter and spring from June to October. Each flower is white with 5 petals and about 15 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are about 5 mm to 8mm in diameter.
Habitat
semi-arid mallee, sand dunes
Distribution
The Green Tea-tree is found in south west New South Wales, northern Victoria, southern and eastern South Australia,
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 3
Spread (m): 2 - 4
Soil Texture: sand, loam, limestone
Soil pH: acid soils, neutral soils, alkaliine soils
Frost Sensitivity: resistant
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 350
Flower Colour: white
Flower Season: winter, spring
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Leptospermum | | Species: | coriaceum | | Common Name: | Green Tea-tree |
Relatives in same Genus
Leptospermum brachyandrum
Leptospermum continentale
Leptospermum erubescens
Leptospermum grandiflorum
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
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