Myrtaceae FAMILY

Leptospermum lanigerum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Leptospermum lanigerum is an evergreen shrub or a smal tree that usually grows up to 4 metres tall, though it can reach 18 metres in Tasmania, where it is a tall, thin tree[ 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. , 1109 Title VicFlora - Flora of Victoria Publication Author Website https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An om-line flora for the state of Victoria, Australia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a tea and source of wood. It is grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland

HabitatMountainous areas and down to the coast[ 184 Title Shrubs. Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books Year 1989 ISBN 0-330-30258-2 Description Excellent photographs and a terse description of 1,900 species and cultivars. ]. Wet heathland, open eucalyptus forest and by streams[ 260 Title Conservatory and Indoor Plants Volumes 1 & 2 Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books, London. Year 1998 ISBN 0-330-37376-5 Description Excellent photos of over 1,100 species and cultivars with habits and cultivation details plus a few plant uses. Many species are too tender for outdoors in Britain though there are many that can be grown outside. ]. Forming thickets in lowland swamps (and depleted through clearing and draining swamps), or fringing watercourses in the foothills[ 1109 Title VicFlora - Flora of Victoria Publication Author Website https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An om-line flora for the state of Victoria, Australia. ].