Flora of Victoria

Shrub or tree to 5 m high; bark on smaller stems smooth or becoming rough. Young stems with a groove near base of petiole. Leaves narrowly obovate to obovate, 15–30 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, flat, glabrous, usually grey-green; apex obtuse, with a small point, flat. Flowers 15–20 mm diam.; hypanthium 3–4 mm long, usually glabrous, rarely silky, sessile; sepals triangular, 1.5–2 mm long, silky on outer surface, persisting on fruit; petals 6–7 mm long, white; ovary 7–11-locular, apex shortly silky all over. Fruit deciduous (but sometimes tardily so), obconical, 6–8 mm diam., surface glabrous and wrinkled; seeds c. 2 mm long, often winged, with a reticulate surface pattern. Flowers Aug.–Nov.

EGL, EGU, GipP, HSF, OtP, Strz, WPro, *Brid, *Glep, *Gold, *LoM, *MuM, *OtR, *VVP, *WaP. Common on sandy coastal foreshores and dunes from c. Anglesea eastward (where native); introduced and naturalised on some western Victorian coasts (e.g. Port Fairy, Portland) and a few inland sites.

Hybrids with L. myrsinoides have been recorded.

Source: Lyne, A. (1996). Leptospermum. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Rosanae

order Myrtales

family Myrtaceae

genus Leptospermum

Higher taxa

species Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Leptospermum laevigatum in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Leptospermum laevigatum in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	naturalised
Murray Mallee	present	naturalised
Glenelg Plain	present	naturalised
Bridgewater	present	naturalised
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	naturalised
Goldfields	present	naturalised
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Leptospermum laevigatum (Gaertn.) F.Muell.

Coast Teatree

Victoria

State distribution