Some sort of Tea Tree?

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Some sort of Tea Tree?

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Would need photos of the tiny flowers to get the species but the family is Ericaceae-Styphelioideae and the genus is either Leucopogon or (more likely) Monotoca. I'd be guessing M. elliptica but hard to tell.
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Joel wrote:Would need photos of the tiny flowers to get the species but the family is Ericaceae-Styphelioideae and the genus is either Leucopogon or (more likely) Monotoca. I'd be guessing M. elliptica but hard to tell.
I think you're on the money with Monotoca Elliptica aka Tree Broom Heath.

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