Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Leptospermum trinervium
Common name
Paper-bark tea-tree, Slender tea-tree, Flaky-barked tea-tree
Family
Myrtaceae
Where found
Dry forest, heath, shrubland, and rocky areas. Widespread, mainly on the coast and ranges.
Notes
Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall. Bark rough, flaking in thin layers. Stems hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, usually 1-2 cm long, 1-6 mm wide, silky, becoming hairless, tips rounded to pointed, with a blunt point; bases tapering or rounded, with a short stalk. Flowers 7-15 mm in diameter, with 5 white petals, single or in pairs. Flowers Spring to Summer. Nuts shed early, mostly 3-6 mm in diameter, surface hairy.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Leptospermum~trinervium (accessed 22 January, 2021)
Additional information in: Thompson, J. (8 December 1989), A revision of the genus Leptospermum (Myrtaceae). Telopea 3(3): 366-368, map 4-19
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