Leptospermum erubescens
| Leptospermum erubescens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Leptospermum |
| Species: | L. erubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptospermum erubescens Schauer | |
Leptospermum erubescens, commonly known as the roadside tea tree,[1] wheatbelt tea tree[2] or the pink tea tree,[3] is a member of the Myrtaceae family endemic to Western Australia.[1]
The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 3 metres (1 to 10 ft). It blooms between July and November producing white-pink flowers.[1] The shrub has a dense habit with small olive green leaves and is commonly used as an ornamental, windbreak, shelter or screening plant in gardens.[2]
It is found on road verges, plains, gullies and among rocky outcrops in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West, Great Southern and south west Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia in the where it grows in sandy soils with gravel.[1]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Johannes Conrad Schauer in 1844 in Lehmann's Myrtaceae. Plantae Preissianae.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Leptospermum erubescens". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- 1 2 "Leptospermum Erubescens (Wheatbelt Tea Tree)". Westgrow. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ↑ "Leptospermum erubescens Pink Tea-tree". Nindethana Australian Seeds. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ↑ "Leptospermum erubescens Schauer". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 March 2017.