Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Kunzea parvifolia
Common name
Violet kunzea, Crimson kunzea
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, and heath, and rocky slopes, often near seepage areas. Weedy after natural vegetation is cleared for grazing (personal communication from Roger Farrow, 25 January, 2021). Widespread. Rare in coastal areas.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m tall. Young stems hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, crowded, alternating up the stems, mostly 0.1-0.4 cm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, tips more or less curved down, only the midvein prominent, surfaces at first hairy, becoming hairless with age, margins entire. Flowers with 5 pink to purple, rarely white, petals 1.5-2.5 mm long, in head-like clusters. Stamens 2-4 mm long. Flowers Spring to 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~parvifolia (accessed 25 January, 2021)
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