Leptospermum continentale
| Common Name: | Prickly Tea-tree |
| Synonym: | Separated from Leptospermum juniperinum |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Size: | 1-4m x 1-2m |
| Description: | Narrow upright prickly shrub with smooth bark on smaller stems, shedding in stringy strips. |
| Leaves: | Rigid prickly leaves, narrowly egg-shaped, broadest at base, concave, tiny teeth along the margins, 5-13mm x 1-3.5mm. |
| Flowering: | Flowers massed along stems, petals and sepals white, calyx and capsule hairless. |
| Flower Colour: | White |
| Flowering Time: | October to March |
| Growing Conditions: | Well drained to moist sandy and light clay soils. Widespread in woodland, heathlands and beside watercourses. Frost and snow tolerant. Full sun to partial shade. |
| Garden Use: | An adaptable plant which can be very narrow, or more bushy. Pruning beneficial. Excellent habitat plant or for directing pedestrian traffic. Very floriferous. |
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| Plant Communities: | 7, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40, 41 |
| Conservation Status: | Widespread within the Shire |
| Aboriginal Use: | Wood - spears, pegs |
| Commercially available: | Australian plant & indigenous nurseries |
| Bird Attracting: | Insects |
| Butterfly Attracting: | Nectar for butterflies |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | 1, 3, 4, Index Marilyn Gray ©; 2 Healesville Sanctuary © |
