Australian Native Plants

  Melaleuca suberosa (Cork-barked Honey-myrtle)


Melaleuca suberosa photo
Melaleuca suberosa flowers

Photograph by Geoff Derrin. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

Melaleuca suberosa photo
Melaleuca suberosa flowers

Photograph by Geoff Derrin. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)

Melaleuca suberosa photo
Melaleuca suberosa growing along Kuch Road near the Stirling Range

Photograph by Geoff Derrin. Some rights reserved.    (view image details)




PLANT FACTS

distribution map showing range of Melaleuca suberosa in Australia

Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License


Common Name
Cork-barked Honey-myrtle

Other Names
Corky-bark Honey-myrtle, Corky Honeymyrtle

Description
The Cork-barked Honey-myrtle is a small shrub growing to 1 m tall. The bark is grey and corky. The leaves are narrow, crowded on the branches, and grow about 6 mm long and about 1 mm wide. The plant flowers in late winter and spring from August to December. The flowers are dark pink or purple and produced along the branches. The fruit capsules are about 3 mm long.

Habitat
coastal plains, swampy flats, low ridges

Distribution
The Cork-barked Honey-myrtle is found in south of Western Australia roughly between Albany and Israelite Bay.

Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.3m - 1m


Classification
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Melaleuca
Species:suberosa
Common Name:Cork-barked Honey-myrtle


Relatives in same Genus
  Melaleuca acuminata
  Melaleuca adnata
  Melaleuca alternifolia
  Melaleuca argentea
  Melaleuca armillaris
  Melaleuca aspalathoides
  Melaleuca barlowii
  Melaleuca blaeriifolia
  Melaleuca bracteata
  Melaleuca brevifolia
  Melaleuca bromelioides
  Melaleuca calothamnoides
  Melaleuca calycina
  Melaleuca campanae
  Melaleuca cardiophylla
  Melaleuca carrii
  Melaleuca coccinea
  Melaleuca concreta
  Melaleuca conothamnoides
  Melaleuca cordata
  Melaleuca cucullata
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