Australian Native Plants

  Leptospermum nitidum (Shining Tea-tree)


Leptospermum nitidum photo
Leptospermum nitidum, Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria

Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




SHINING TEA-TREE FACTS

distribution map showing range of Leptospermum nitidum in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Shining Tea-tree

Description
The Shining Tea-tree is a shrub growing to about 2 m tall (sometimes up to 4 m). The leaves are narrow and grow to 2 cm long. Flowers are produced in summer in December. The flowers are white with green centre, with 5 petals and about 15 mm in diameter. The fruit capsules are up to 10 mm in diameter.

Habitat
eucalypt forest, heath, along rivers, coastal shrubland

Distribution
western Tasmania

Growth Characteristics
Height: 2m - 4m
Spread: 1.5m - 3m

Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Leptospermum
Species:nitidum
Common Name:Shining Tea-tree


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