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- ≡ Melaleuca scoparia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) L.f., Suppl. Pl. 343 (1781)
- = Philadelphus aromaticus Sol. ex Aiton (1789)
- = Philadelphus scoparius var. linifolius Sol. ex Aiton (1789)
- ≡ Leptospermum scoparium var. linifolium (Sol. ex Aiton) R.Br. ex Aiton (1811)
- = Leptospermum floribundum Salisb. (1796) nom. illeg.
- ≡ Leptospermum scoparium var. myrtifolium (Sol. ex Aiton) R.Br. ex Aiton (1811)
- = Philadelphus scoparius var. myrtifolius Sol. ex Aiton
- = Leptospermum scoparium var. forsteri S.Schauer (1841)
- = Leptospermum scoparium var. prostratum Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 70 (1853)
- = Leptospermum scoparium var. parvum Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 158 (1899)
- = Leptospermum scoparium var. nichollii Turrill (1912)
- = Leptospermum scoparium var. incanum Cockayne, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 49: 58 (1917)
- = Leptospermum scoparium var. eximum B.L.Burtt (1940)
- = Leptospermum repo de Lange & L.M.H.Schmid, Ukr. Bot. J. 78: 250 (2021)
Shrub of diverse habit, or tree up to c. 4 m high. Bark shedding in long strips. Branchlets and young lvs ± clothed in silky hairs. Lvs subsessile, ± 4–12–(20) × 1–4 mm, of 2 main forms on different plants, narrow-lanceolate or ovate, coriaceous, rigid, acute, pungent, erect to patent. Fls axillary, or occasionally terminal on branchlets, ± sessile, usually solitary. Hypanthium broadly turbinate; calyx lobes ± triangular, caducous. Petals c. 6 mm long, ± suborbicular, usually white, rarely pink, patent. Stamens c. 20, < to slightly > style; filaments much more slender than style. Ovary apex glabrous. Capsule 5-celled, 3–7 × 4–10 mm, woody, long-persistent, distinctly exserted beyond receptacle rim.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Flowering: Sep.–Mar.