| Tasmania has
one native species of Kunzea (K. ambigua; Honey
Myrtle). This tall shrub has narrow leaves about 1cm long, and grows
in sandy heaths in the east and on the Bass Strait islands. The
fruit is a soft capsule (unlike the woody capsules of Eucalyptus,
Melaleuca, Callistemon and most Leptospermum spp). The
plants are quite strongly honey-scented when in flower. One
species native to eastern Australia, K. ericoides, has become
naturalised in places. |
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