''Leptospermum turbinatum'', commonly known as shiny tea-tree, is a species of spreading shrub that is endemic to the

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and nearby ranges in Victoria, Australia. It has thin, rough bark, elliptical to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, relatively large white flowers and fruit that remains on the plant at maturity.

Description

''Leptospermum turbinatum'' is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . It has thin, rough bark with short, soft hairs on the youngest stems. The leaves are aromatic, elliptical to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide with a sharply pointed tip and tapering to a short petiole. The flowers are white, about wide and arranged singly on leafy side branches. The

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is covered with long, silky hairs, about long tapering to a short

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. The sepals are also hairy, long triangular and long. The five petals are about long and the

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s about long. Flowering mainly occurs in November and the fruit is a capsule wide with the remains of the sepals attached and that remains on the plant at maturity.

Taxonomy and naming

The species was first formally described by Joy Thompson in '' Telopea'' in 1989 based on specimens collected in 1952 on Mackays Peak in the Serra Range, in the Grampians National Park. The

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refers to the shape of the fruit.

Distribution and habitat

The shiny tea-tree grows on rocky sandstone slopes and near granite outcrops in the Grampians National Park and nearby mountains.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1586707 turbinatum Myrtales of Australia Flora of Victoria (state) Taxa named by Joy Thompson Plants described in 1989