Common Name: Dune Tea-tree
Botanical Name: Leptospermum coriaceum
Family: MYRTACEAE
Description:
Grey-green, erect, spreading to rounded shrub, 1-3 m. Flat, broad, thick, greyish-green, egg-shaped, tapering to a short point, 1-2 cm long by 0.5 cm wide. White flowers, 5-petalled, approximately 1.5 cm in diameter. Winter to late spring (June to November). Rounded, cup-shaped (domed on top) capsules, with 5-8 cells, 5-8 mm diameter, rarely remaining on plants after maturity. Autumn (March to April). Important to monitor fruits as seed is released annually and timing is determined by seasonal conditions.
Grey-green, erect, spreading to rounded shrub, 1-3 m. Flat, broad, thick, greyish-green, egg-shaped, tapering to a short point, 1-2 cm long by 0.5 cm wide. White flowers, 5-petalled, approximately 1.5 cm in diameter. Winter to late spring (June to November). Rounded, cup-shaped (domed on top) capsules, with 5-8 cells, 5-8 mm diameter, rarely remaining on plants after maturity. Autumn (March to April). Important to monitor fruits as seed is released annually and timing is determined by seasonal conditions.
Natural Distribution:
Distributed throughout lower rainfall regions, on sandy soils associated with low dunes, in most mainland agricultural districts of SA (absent from the Southern Lofty). Extends into NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Distributed throughout lower rainfall regions, on sandy soils associated with low dunes, in most mainland agricultural districts of SA (absent from the Southern Lofty). Extends into NSW and Vic. Common to mallee areas.
Notes:
An important plant in the biodiversity of sand mallee communities with the flowers and nectar attracting many insects.
An important plant in the biodiversity of sand mallee communities with the flowers and nectar attracting many insects.
