Leptospermum laevigatum

Scientific name

Leptospermum laevigatum

Common name

Victorian Tea Tree or Coast Tea-tree

Family

Myrtaceae

Priority

High

Plant description

Introduced from the Eastern states as a garden plant and to stabilise sand dunes but it is now a rapidly spreading major bushland weed. A shrub or small tree that grows to 4m. White flowers are borne mostly in spring and the leaves are green-grey. An invasive bushland weed now in the South African Fynbos.

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