Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Leptospermum morrisonii

Common name

Morrison's tea-tree

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Woodland, shrubland, and along streams, often on rocky escarpments. Coast and ranges. Occasinally on the tablelands.

Notes

Shrub or tree to more than 5 m tall. Bark rough and finely fissured, eventually corrugated. Stems with short hairs, and with a thick flange often tending to curve around the stem. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 1.5-3.5 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, margins flat or curved down, surfaces silky at first, soon hairless; tips pointed, the point blunt and folded upwards; bases tapering, with a very short stalk. Flowers usually 12-15 mm in diameter, with 5 greenish cream or white petals. Flowers Spring to Summer. Nuts persistent, usually 6–10 mm in diameter.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Leptospermum~morrisonii  (accessed 22 January, 2021)

Additional information in: Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 402-403, map 7-46