Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Kunzea ambigua
Tick bush, White kunzea
Myrtaceae
Dry forest, woodland, heath, and rocky stream banks. Coast and ranges. Occasionally on the tablelands. Naturalised in the ACT.
Shrub to 4 m tall. Young stems hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 0.4-1.2 cm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, concave above, keeled below, margins entire; tips pointed, surfaces hairy with fine hairs or hairless. Flowers with 5 white petals about 1.5-2.5 mm long, stamens 3-7 mm long. Flowers crowded on leafy side branches or in the axils of the upper leaves. Flowers Spring to Summer.
Hybridises with Kunzea capitata subsp. capitata.
Protected NSW.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Kunzea~ambigua (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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