Our local wildflowers - Leptospermum seed heads
Tolmie rocky clearing in December, 2014. Wildflowers include everlastins, native dogwood, teatree of 3 different species, native pelargoniums..
Leptospermum /?l?pt?'sp?rm?m/ is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1775.] Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent; but one species extends to New Zealand, another well into Southeast Asia, and L. recurvum is found only in Malaysia and Indonesia..
They are shrubs or occasionally small trees, reaching 1–8 m (3–26 ft) tall, rarely up to 20 m (66 ft), with dense branching. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, sharp-tipped, and small, in most species not over 1 cm long. The flowers are up to 3 cm diameter, with five white, pink or red petals.
Three different varieties are found on our rocky clearing, all white and all relatively small growing shrubs.
Our local wildflowers - Leptospermum seed heads
Tolmie rocky clearing in December, 2014. Wildflowers include everlastins, native dogwood, teatree of 3 different species, native pelargoniums..
Leptospermum /?l?pt?'sp?rm?m/ is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae described as a genus in 1775.] Most species are endemic to Australia, with the greatest diversity in the south of the continent; but one species extends to New Zealand, another well into Southeast Asia, and L. recurvum is found only in Malaysia and Indonesia..
They are shrubs or occasionally small trees, reaching 1–8 m (3–26 ft) tall, rarely up to 20 m (66 ft), with dense branching. The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple, sharp-tipped, and small, in most species not over 1 cm long. The flowers are up to 3 cm diameter, with five white, pink or red petals.
Three different varieties are found on our rocky clearing, all white and all relatively small growing shrubs.