Kunzea axillaris
Kunzea axillaris is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub or tree with linear leaves and white flowers which are arranged singly in leaf axils. It is only known from the ranges on the north coast.

Description
Kunzea axillaris is an erect shrub or tree which grows to a height of about  with its branches hairy when young. The leaves are linear in shape,  long, less than  wide and glabrous when mature. The leaves taper towards the petiole and have a pointed end. The flowers are crowded on side branches or in the axils of upper leaves on a stalk up to  long. The floral cup is glabrous, the sepal lobes are less than  long and the petals are white,  long. There are about thirty stamens which are  long. Flowering occurs in January and the fruit are cup-shaped capsules which are  long and about  wide.

Taxonomy and naming
Kunzea axillaris was first formally described in 2016 by Hellmut R. Toelken and the description was published in Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. The specific epithet (axillaris) is a Latin word meaning "of an axil" referring to the flowers which appear singly in the leaf axils.

Distribution and habitat
This kunzea grows in wet sclerophyll forest on the ranges between Taree and Kempsey.

References

axillaris
Flora of New South Wales
Myrtales of Australia
Plants described in 2016
Taxa named by Hellmut R. Toelken