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Tree broom (Lissanthe strigosa strigosa)

Description

Lissanthe strigosa, sometimes referred as the Peach Heath is a common shrub from the heath family, found in eastern and southern Australia. This plant first appeared in the scientific literature in A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland by James Edward Smith in 1793. Then in 1810, in the Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, authored by the Scottish botanist, Robert Brown.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ericales

            • Family: Ericaceae

              • Genus: Lissanthe