Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Kunzea badjaensis

Flowering branch. Photographer Don Wood, summit of Big Badja, ENE of Cooma

Leafy stems. Photographer Peter Woodard, Big Badja

Common name

Badja carpet kunzea

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Heath at over 1000m altitude. Ranges between Deua National Park and Wadbilliga National Park. Tablelands between Nimmitabel and Cooma.

Notes

Shrub, prostrate or to 1.2 m tall. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating along the stems, 0.2-0.6 cm long, 1-3 mm wide, tips blunt, surfaces more or less hairy or hairless, only midvein prominent. Flowers with 5 white petals each 1-1.5 mm long, in head-like clusters. Stamens 3.5-4 mm long. Flowers Spring to Summer.

Was Kunzea sp. with Also known under the Registered Cultivar name of Kunzea 'Badja Carpet'.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Kunzea~badjaensis  (accessed 19 January, 2021)