About Leptospermum arachnoides Gaertn.
Leptospermum arachnoides, commonly called spidery tea-tree, is a slender, spreading shrub that typically reaches 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) in height and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in width. It has rough, peeling, flaky bark. Its leaves are linear to lance-shaped or elliptical, mostly 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, concave in cross-section, ending in a sharp point, and attached by a very short but broad petiole. The flowers grow singly in leaf axils, are 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) in diameter, and have a hairy floral cup around 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The sepals are around 2 mm (0.079 in) long and hairy, the petals are around 4 mm (0.16 in) long and white, and the stamens are around 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Flowering takes place from November to January, and the fruit is a hairy capsule 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) in diameter. This species grows in moist heath and sclerophyll forest, most often on shallow soils formed from sandstone and granite. It is found between south-east Queensland and the Tinderry Range in New South Wales.
