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Leptospermum continentale, commonly known as prickly tea-tree, [2] is a species of slender, straggling shrub that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has sharp-pointed, narrowly egg-shaped leaves, white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils and woody fruit that remains on the plant when mature.
Kunzea ericoides, commonly known as kānuka, kanuka, or white tea-tree, is a tree or shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New Zealand. It has white or pink flowers similar to those of Leptospermum and from its first formal description in 1832 until 1983 was known as Leptospermum ericoides .
Every species in the genus is an evergreen, and the leaves vary in size from minute and scale-like (M. micromera) to 270 mm (11 in) long (M. leucadendra). Most have distinct oil glands dotted in the leaves, making the leaves aromatic, especially when crushed. [2]: 20–21 Melaleuca flowers are usually arranged in spikes or heads.
Leptospermum grandifolium is a shrub that grows to a height of about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) or a tree up to 10 m (33 ft) tall with smooth bark that is shed in papery strips or flakes. It has narrow egg-shaped to elliptical leaves 10–35 mm (0.39–1.38 in) long and 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) wide, often with a felty surface, with a small, sharp ...
Gaudium myrsinoides, commonly known as the heath tea-tree or silky tea-tree, [2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It has smooth bark on the younger stems, narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, white flowers and fruit that has the remains of the sepals attached but usually falls from the plant soon after the seeds are released.
Leptospermum rotundifolium, commonly known as round-leaved tea tree, [2] is a species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, naturalised in Victoria and Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less circular leaves but with a small point on the tip, and relatively large pink or white flowers.
Leptospermum arachnoides, commonly known as the spidery tea-tree, [2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough bark, crowded linear to lance-shaped leaves with a sharp point on the end, white flowers and hairy fruit.
Leptospermum juniperinum is a broom-like shrub that typically grows to a height of 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has thin, rough bark. The leaves are narrow elliptical or narrow lance-shaped, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide with a sharply pointed tip.