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Tea tree
3 August 2025
Leptospermum scoparium
90% certain
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Origin
- New Zealand and southeast Australia
- Bloom season
- Late spring to early summer
- Colors
- pink, white, red
- Habitat
- Heath, coastal scrub, and cool gardens
- Symbolism
- Grit, and a healing that takes time
A wiry myrtle with tiny hard leaves, five-petaled stars, and dark seed capsules that stay on the twig.
Care. Plant in sun with sharp drainage; it hates wet winter feet and heavy feeding.
A note. Māori and settlers used manuka, this species, for tea and later for the honey it still names.
Or perhaps
- Miconia — 9%
- Jasmine — 6%
Notes on the photograph
Copied from the marks left by the camera.
- Captured
- Aug 3, 2025, 3:59 PM
- Camera
- Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Lens
- iPhone 14 Pro Max back triple camera 6.86mm f/1.78
- Focal length
- 6.9mm
- Aperture
- f/1.8
- Shutter
- 1/210s
- ISO
- 64
- Dimensions
- 4032 × 3024
Where it was found
The place is taken from the photograph's own memory, if any.
4.6681° N, 74.0994° W
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