Myrtaceae
Common teatree
Leptospermum petersonii
- Family
- Myrtaceae
- Genus
- Leptospermum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 彼得森松红梅, 柠檬澳洲茶
- English
- Common teatree
- German
- Zitronenmyrte
- Russian
- Тонкосемянник Петерсона
Synonyms
- Leptospermum citratum (J.F.Bailey & C.T.White) Challinor, Cheel & A.R.Penfold
- Leptospermum flavescens var. citratum J.F.Bailey & C.T.White
- Leptospermum petersonii subsp. petersonii
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
Photo: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: cyr met, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Michael Cox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF ![Common teatree: 薄子木(檸檬茶樹) Leptospermum petersonii [香港動植物公園 Hong Kong Botanical Garden]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/%E8%96%84%E5%AD%90%E6%9C%A8%28%E6%AA%B8%E6%AA%AC%E8%8C%B6%E6%A8%B9%29_Leptospermum_petersonii_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8B%95%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Botanical_Garden-_%289240261050%29.jpg/1280px-%E8%96%84%E5%AD%90%E6%9C%A8%28%E6%AA%B8%E6%AA%AC%E8%8C%B6%E6%A8%B9%29_Leptospermum_petersonii_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8B%95%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Botanical_Garden-_%289240261050%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Liz and Anthony Crane, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.