Native plant guide: Australian Native

Shaggy-barked tea tree

Gaudium trinervium
Shaggybarked Tea Tree; Credit: Gemma Bauld

Shaggybarked Tea Tree; Credit: Gemma Bauld

Shaggybarked Tea Tree; Credit: Gemma Bauld

Plant Description:

A small tree with small leaves that become a weeping habit with age and shaggy almost curling bark. Leaves have scent of tea tree when crushed. Trunks become fluted with age. Has white five-petalled flowers that are followed by woody capsules. Can withstand short periods of inundation.

Special features: White flowers, weeping foliage and curly bark.

Fauna attractant: Bee, nectar feeding birds and mammals, food plant for moth larvae

More information: https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51440260

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