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Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian myrtle)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Myrtales > Family: Myrtaceae > Genus: Leptospermum

Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian myrtle)
Leptospermum laevigatum (Australian myrtle)

Australian myrtle (Leptospermum laevigatum) in Kleinmond garden, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to southeastern Australia. A declared Category 1 invasive plant in South Africa.