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has one native species of Kunzea (K. ambigua;
honey myrtle or white kunzea). This tall shrub has narrow
leaves about 1cm long, and grows in sandy heaths in the east
and on the Bass Strait islands. The fruit is a soft capsule
(unlike the woody capsules of Eucalyptus, Melaleuca,
Callistemon and most Leptospermum spp). The
plants are quite strongly honey-scented when in flower.
One species native to eastern Australia, K. ericoides
(burgan), has become naturalised in places.
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