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Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 36 1775. (Syn: Leptospermum bullatum Fitzh.; Leptospermum floribundum Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Leptospermum humifusum A.Cunn. ex Schauer; Leptospermum linifolium (Sol.) Dum.Cours. [Illegitimate]; Leptospermum multiflorum Cav.; Leptospermum nichollsii Dorr.Sm.; Leptospermum obliquum Colla; Leptospermum oxycedrus Schauer; Leptospermum pungens Otto & A.Dietr. [Illegitimate]; Leptospermum scoparium var. bullatum Rehder ………………..; Melaleuca scoparia (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) L.f.; Melaleuca tenuifolia J.C.Wendl.; Philadelphus scoparius var. linifolius Aiton);
Seen in Fremont on the 28th Sept,14 with probably lots of dried flowers.
don’t you ever take picture of the whole tree?
if no in one take multiples that can be stitched together in Photoshop or some such programs or in panorama feature in most of the point and shoot cameras nowadays…
This could be New Zealand Tea Tree, Leptospermum scoparium of Myrtaceae.
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Myrtaceae-Leptospermum scoparium ‘Album Flore Plenum’ from California-GSDEC74 : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
Leptospermum scoparium J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. ‘Album Flore Pleno’
New Zealand Tea tree
Shrub with lanceolate to ovate lanceolate to ovate leaves, 8-14 mm long, rigid; flowers double, White, solitary, 10-12 mm across; capsule 5-valved.
Photographed from Sunnyvale, California
very nice
faces of the flowers Along roadside in Sunnyvale. grows abundantly around the coast but sunnyvale? how far is it from the pacific? regardless its nice to see..
nice to see because it was also the original tree in the far pacific where sailors made therapeutic teas
made famous by Captain cook I used to have one in balcony pot …was trying to train it for bonsai. but did not like living in the stuffy room when it snowed… .. and died..
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Myrtaceae-Leptospermum scoparium ‘Red Damask’ from California-GSDEC72 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2). Leptospermum scoparium J. R. Forst. & G. Forst. ‘Red Damask’
New Zealand Tea tree
Shrub with lanceolate to ovate lanceolate to ovate leaves, 8-14 mm long, rigid; flowers double, red, solitary, 10-12 mm across; capsule 5-valved.
Photographed from Sunnyvale, California
Wonderful upload Sir..
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight: Myrtaceae-Leptospermum scoparium ‘Martinii’ from California-GSDEC73 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) New Zealand Tea tree
Shrub with lanceolate to ovate lanceolate to ovate leaves, 8-14 mm long, rigid; flowers single, red, solitary, up to 20 mm across, rose red with darker center; capsule 5-valved.
Photographed from Sunnyvale, California
Very beautiful again..
Crassulaceae, Combretaceae and Myrtaceae Fortnight : Myrtaceae : Leptospermum scoparium : California : 30DEC14 : AK-105 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). My concluding post from San Francisco.
A very beautiful post to conclude.. and too with century plus, congrats …
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