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Melaleuca fabri is a shrub growing to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall with leathery, strap-like leaves that are arranged alternately, 35–110 mm (1–4 in) long, 6.5–15 mm (0.3–0.6 in) wide. The leaves are flat but slightly wavy, with the end tapering to a sharp point and there are 3 or 5 (sometimes 7) distinct parallel veins.
Melaleuca phoenicea, commonly known as scarlet bottlebrush or lesser bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon phoeniceus .) [ 2 ] The Noongar peoples know the plant as tubada . [ 3 ]
Melaleuca uncinata, commonly known as broombush, broom honeymyrtle or brushwood, is a plant in the paperbark family native to southern Australia. It is harvested from the wild, and grown in plantations, for broombush fencing. The Noongar names for the plant are kwytyat and yilbarra. [2]
Melaleuca calothamnoides is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a relatively small area on the west coast of Western Australia. It has attractive red and green flowering spikes and soft foliage but has proven to be difficult to grow in gardens.
Melaleuca alternifolia, commonly known as tea tree, [2] is a species of tree or tall shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Endemic to Australia , it occurs in southeast Queensland and the north coast and adjacent ranges of New South Wales where it grows along streams and on swampy flats, and is often the dominant species where it occurs.
Melaleuca platycalyx is a spreading, glabrous shrub which grows to a height and width of about 1.5 metres (5 ft). Its leaves are arranged in alternating pairs so that there are four rows of leaves along the branches. Each leaf is 5.0–10.4 millimetres (0.2–0.4 in) long and 2.4–5.5 millimetres (0.09–0.2 in) wide, elliptical in shape with ...
Melaleuca williamsii is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to an area between north-eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue use the name Callistemon pungens.) [2] It is a distinctive shrub with stiff branches, silvery new growth, prickly leaves and spikes of purple flowers in late spring.
Melaleuca systena, commonly known as coastal honeymyrtle is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was previously known as Melaleuca acerosa. It is a small shrub with crowded foliage and profuse heads of white to yellow flowers on the ends of its branches in spring.