Kunzea capitata

(Kunzea capitata)

galery

Description

The species has a spreading or erect habit and may grow up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in height,but is usually within the range of 0.5–1 metre (1 ft 8 in–3 ft 3 in).Flowers are pink to purple,or occasionally white.These are produced on the branch ends in "heads".Leaves are 3.5–9 millimetres (0.14–0.35 in) long and 1.5–4.5 millimetres (0.059–0.177 in) wide,with recurved tips and 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long petioles.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Kunzea
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