Kunzea acuminata

Description

Kunzea acuminata is a shrub which grows to a height of up to 2 m (7 ft),with a few spindly branches covered with long silky hairs when young.The leaf stalk is 1–1.5 mm (0.04–0.06 in) long and the leaf blade is linear to lance-shaped,6–7.5 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and about 1 mm (0.04 in) wide.The leaves have long,silky hairs along their margins.The flowers are arranged in roughly spherical heads containing eight to fifteen flowers on the ends of the branches which continue to grow after flowering.The flowers are surrounded by silky bracts 6–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) and bracteoles 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long.The five sepals are egg-shaped,about 1–1.5 mm (0.04–0.06 in) and silky-hairy and the five petals are 1.5–2 mm (0.06–0.08 in) long and pink.There are about fifty stamens about 4.5 mm (0.2 in) long.Flowering occurs in September.