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Accession Data:

Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce

  • Common Name: Sweet White Kunzea, Tick Bush
  • Family: Myrtaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: eastern Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
  • Habitat: coastal strip and adjacent plateaus

  • Description: Shrub with honey-scented flowers in spring.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201000077
  • Source: Cheri Collins - seeds from Tasmania
  • Accession Date: 05-05-2010
  • Bench: 2107 - MED:Western Australia B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-04-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: rosids
  • Order: Myrtales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • SubFamily: Myrtoideae
  • Tribe: Leptospermeae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Beverage Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New South Wales / Tasmania / Victoria

References (external):

  1. ANBG - Growing Native Plants
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, April 24, 2017.
  3. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Monday, April 24, 2017.
  4. Kunzea ambigua at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, April 24, 2017.

data regenerated on Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:03:01 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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