Weed detail

 

Leptospermum laevigatum Victorian Tea Tree or Coast Tea-tree

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Family: Myrtaceae

Priority: HIGH

Intoduced 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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