Native to Chatham Is., New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, Victoria; introduced into Azores, Great Britain, Hawaii, Madeira (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
New Zealand, Waikato
-37.534917, 175.740389
Location Remarks
Mount Te Aroha. Domain Trail
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Myrtaceae
Genus
Leptospermum
Specific Epithet
scoparium
Authorship
Forst.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 0.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.0
Global rank
#321,065 of 335,497
Top 96%
Extinction probability
6%