Leptospermum crassifolium Joy Thomps. APNI* Synonyms: Leptospermum sp. G sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*
Description: Shrub 1–2 m high, bark close, younger stems minutely pubescent.
Leaves aromatic, broad-elliptic, 5–8 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, thick, recurved, mostly glabrous, prominent glands on the lower surface; apex broad-acute, incurved and infolded, point blunt; base broad above a broad based petiole.
Flowers solitary, c. 18 mm diam., white. Hypanthium c. 5 mm long, mostly glabrous. Sepals c. 5 mm long, silky. Petals c. 7 mm long. Stamens c. 4 mm long. Ovary usually 5-locular.
Fruit 8–10 mm diam., surface lifting, valves spreading but not exceeding the rim.
Flowering: February
Distribution and occurrence: and Mar. Grows in heath in moist peaty areas amongst rocks on the peaks of the Budawang Ra.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Text by J. Thompson & V. Logan
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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