Scientific Name: Leptospermum microcarpum

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  • Pronunciation:
    lep-toe-SPERM-um mike-row-CARP-um
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    MYRTACEAE
  • Flowers:
    white spring 10 mm
  • Fruit:
    Small capsules shed before next flowering. 4 mm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Montane
  • Species List:
    Emu Mt., Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah,
Identification Notes

Flower: solitary or in pairs in axils. ||Fruit: Very tiny woody, usually shed before next flowering ||Bark: hard and fibrous.||Leaves: incurved, pungent pointed. ||Fruiting pedicel: usually shorter than hypanthium. ||Sumit of ovaries pubescent. ||Hypanthium: silky hairy all over. ||