Prickly tea-tree | |
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Leptospermum continentale on Black Mountain (Australian Capital Territory) in the A.C.T. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Leptospermum |
Species: | L. continentale
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Binomial name | |
Leptospermum continentale | |
Occurrence data from AVH |
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.