LEPTOSPERMUM  LANIGERUM  Myrtaceae (Woolly Tea-tree)       A much-branched shrub or small dense tree, flowering in spring-summer. The young growth is covered with soft silky hairs.  Flowers 1.5 cm in diameter, solitary but numerous, petals white. Sepals and young capsule silky hairy, remaining silky until the second season. Capsule domed, opening by 5 slits. Leaf size variable. Common, widespread in damp places, river banks, montane grasslands and rainforests of west coast Tasmania where it may become a tree to 18 m. Also occurs in Vic, NSW, Qld, SA.

 

LEPTOSPERMUM  NITIDUM  Myrtaceae

WESTRINGIA ANGUSTIFOLIA                Lamiaceae Common and widespread, especially on Mt Wellington, but can pop up on stony, moist dolerite slopes and similar habitats on the east coast and the upper Derwent Valley. It's easy to propagate from cuttings but seed is hard to collect. It is a hardy and forgiving plant which tolerates frost, drought, floods and so on.  Tas endemic.

BORONIA CITRIODORA                        Rutaceae Lemon-thyme

Small shrub less than 1m tall.distinguished from other boronias by the strong lemon scent of its crushed foliage. Leaves opposite, 7-15mm long, pinnate with 3-7 linear leaflets. Flowers with 4 spreading whitish pink petals, the lower surface often darker pink or red, especially in the bud stage. Stamens 8. Fruit separating into 4-seeded parts. Flowering December-March. Cultivation: easily grown from cuttings but the plants need to be kept moist.  Abundant on mountains on central and south-western areas with 3 other subspecies. Tas endemic.

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