Leptospermum juniperinum, commonly known as the prickly tea tree, is a species of broom-like shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has narrow, sharply pointed leaves, white flowers usually arranged singly on short side shoots and small fruit that remain on the plant when mature.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Prickly tea tree being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Leptospermum continentale
- Leptospermum polygalifolium
- Gaudium microcarpum
- Leptospermum arachnoides
- Leptospermum liversidgei
- Kunzea linearis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Leptospermum
- Species
- Leptospermum juniperinum
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