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Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps.
Family Myrtaceae
Common name: Burgan

Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. APNI*

Synonyms: Leptospermum phylicoides (A.Cunn. ex Schauer) Cheel APNI*
Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. APNI*

Description: Tall shrub or tree to 5 m high; young stems pubescent.

Leaves narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate, variable, 6.5–25 mm long, 1–4.5 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate, finely pubescent to glabrous; petiole 0.5–1 mm long.

Flowers white, pedicels 3–6 mm long, not in head-like clusters, crowded on leafy side branches or in axils of upper leaves. Hypanthium pubescent. Sepals triangular, 1–1.5 mm long. Petals 1.5–2.5 mm long. Stamens 1–4 mm long, some distinctly shorter than the petals. Ovary usually 3-locular but sometimes 4- or 5-locular, placentation axile; style 1.5–2.5 mm long.

Fruit 2.5–3.5 mm long, 3–4.5 mm diam., dehiscent.


Flowering: spring–summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath and sclerophyll forest, common at higher elevations; often along watercourses.
NSW subdivisions: NC, SC, NT, CT, ST, CWS, SWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
AVH map***

Kunzea ericoides in the strict sense is a New Zealand species.In eastern Australia, the name has been applied to a very diverse range of plants that vary in habit, leaf shape, indumentum and branching. No taxonomic resolution of the Australian populations has been made yet.

Text by Peter G. Wilson. Updated August 2017.
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2, edition 2 (2002)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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