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Australian nativeLocally indigenousCouncil listedInner WestdroughtTurpentine-Ironbarknorthern beaches
Kunzea ambigua
White Kunzea
Kunzea · Myrtaceae
Kunzea ambigua, commonly known as white kunzea or tick bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear to narrowly lance-shaped leaves and white, more or less sessile flowers and dehiscent fruit.
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Classification
Genus
Kunzea
Family
Myrtaceae
Common name
White Kunzea
Climate
temperate, subtropical
Kunzea ambigua belongs to the Kunzea genus within the Myrtaceae family. It performs reliably across temperate, subtropical zones in our experience. It is an Australian native we grow and specify regularly.
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Cultivation
Care sheet.
Water
Low once established
Light
Full sun to part shade
Soil
Free-draining, low phosphorus
Growth rate
Moderate to fast
Mature size
Varies by species
Landscape use
Locally indigenous habitat planting for Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest conditions.
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Companions
Species we plant alongside White Kunzea.
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Further reading
- 01Kunzea ambigua taxon photograph — Atlas of Living Australia image service
- 02Native Plants of the Inner West - page 9 — Inner West Council
- 03White Kunzea - Backyard Habitat species profile — Northern Beaches Council