The Leptospermum grandifolium, commonly known as mountain tea-tree or woolly teatree, is a species of shrub or small tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has elliptical to egg-shaped leaves with a sharp point on the tip, white flowers and relatively large, broadly hemispherical fruit.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mountain 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 lanigerum
- Leptospermum turbinatum
- Gaudium brevipes
- Gaudium glaucescens
- Leptospermum myrtifolium
- Gaudium trinervium
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Leptospermum
- Species
- Leptospermum grandifolium
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