Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Kunzea muelleri
Common name
Yellow kunzea
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Heath, grassland, and around bogs, at higher altitudes. Kosciuszko National Park, the mountains to the north, and the ACT. Occasionally on the tablelands and ranges.
Notes
Shrub to 1 m tall or sprawling to prostrate to about 1m diameter. Young stems hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, crowded, usually opposite each other, 0.3-0.8 cm long, about 0.5 mm wide, margins curved upwards making the leaves appear cylindrical, tips blunt, surfaces at first hairy, becoming hairless with age. Flowers cream to yellow, with 5 round petals about 1.5-3 mm in diameter, in head-like clusters. Stamens 2-5 mm long; style 4.5–6 mm long. Flowers Summer.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Kunzea~muelleri (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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