Tea Tree (Leptospermum deanei)
In 1883, the railway engineer Henry Deane collected this plant in northern Sydney. It then sat in the New South Wales Herbarium query box for over 100 years. Before being described by science in 1989.
In my years of trying to find rare and threatened species, I can't recall it being as easy as it was this morning to find this myrtle.
Quite common in a small area, and delight to find. Pretty flowers and interesting stringy type bark.
Growing near Middle Harbour creek in the upper reaches of the valley.Listed as "vulnerable" to become endangered. Threatened by the encroaching weed Aristea ecklonii. Deane's tea-tree is a rare species.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospermum_deanei
Tea Tree (Leptospermum deanei)
In 1883, the railway engineer Henry Deane collected this plant in northern Sydney. It then sat in the New South Wales Herbarium query box for over 100 years. Before being described by science in 1989.
In my years of trying to find rare and threatened species, I can't recall it being as easy as it was this morning to find this myrtle.
Quite common in a small area, and delight to find. Pretty flowers and interesting stringy type bark.
Growing near Middle Harbour creek in the upper reaches of the valley.Listed as "vulnerable" to become endangered. Threatened by the encroaching weed Aristea ecklonii. Deane's tea-tree is a rare species.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptospermum_deanei